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    Navajo Chapter Plans Largest Utility-Scale Solar Farm on Tribal Land main photo

    Navajo Chapter Plans Largest Utility-Scale Solar Farm on Tribal Land

    April 27, 2012

    By ICTMN Staff April 27, 2012
     
    The To’Hajiilee Navajo Chapter plans to establish a solar array farm on its trust lands, a flat stretch of prairie in central New Mexico where land preparation for the project is minimal, reported the Associated Press.
     
    A 115-kilovolt power line already runs through the trust land site, leading to Albuquerque just 21 miles away, according to a presentation by Rob Burpo, president of First American Financial Advisors, Inc., based in Albuquerque, one of the consulting groups working with the To’Hajiilee. With no upgrades to the line required, energy transmission would be cost efficient.
     
    Once a power purchase agreement is solidified, construction of the solar photovoltaic arrays could take as little as nine months. “I think if we’re able to find a power buyer fairly quickly, we certainly ought to be breaking ground this fall. That’s our goal,” Burpo told the AP.
     
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    In this March 13, 2012 photo, Delores Apache, president of To'Hajiilee Economic Development Inc., points to where solar panels will be installed near the Navajo community in To'Hajiilee, New Mexico. The To'Hajiilee have received funding from the U.S. Depa
    In this March 13, 2012 photo, Delores Apache, president of To'Hajiilee Economic Development Inc., points to where solar panels will be installed near the Navajo community in To'Hajiilee, New Mexico. The To'Hajiilee have received funding from the U.S. Depa
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