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Tribal land holds more that 5% of the solar photovoltaic potential in the United States, according to a 2013 report by NREL. However, this resource remains underutilized, and tribes often cite regulatory hurdles to achieving their solar deployment goals.
In a three-year project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office, NREL and MTERA set out to learn more about these regulatory barriers and explore potential solutions to the challenges tribes face.
Through extensive engagement with tribes, utilities, regulators, and other interested stakeholders, NREL and MTERA developed a three-part guidebook titled Addressing Regulatory Challenges to Tribal Solar Deployment.
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