Perspectives on tribal energy sovereignty.
Research, analysis, and field experience from our work with tribal nations and institutional partners on the financing, ownership, and delivery of community-driven energy infrastructure.
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The Nation That Owns the Grid Owns the Future
The AI economy runs on electricity. Tribal nations hold more renewable energy potential per acre than any other landowner class in the United States. The data center boom is not a distant opportunity. The only question is whether your Nation will own what gets built.
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Buffalo Campus. MHA Nation / Twin Buttes.
North Dakota's first fully off-grid commercial solar-plus-battery-storage microgrid with backup generator, designed and delivered by Sun Bear Industries for the MHA Nation's Buffalo Campus at Twin Buttes.
Energy Dynamics in Tribal Nations
An examination of energy infrastructure challenges and opportunities across tribal lands, covering sovereignty, financing, and the pathway to energy independence.
Financing Energy Sovereignty: How Capital, Ownership, and Community Solar Are Reshaping Local Economies
The clean energy transition is fundamentally a financial transformation. Who owns energy infrastructure, and how it is financed, determines whether communities remain ratepayers or become asset holders.
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