Biden administration taps $366M to fund clean energy for Native American tribes and rural areas

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The federal government will fund 17 projects across the US to expand access to renewable energy on Native American reservations and in other rural areas.

The federal government will fund 17 projects across the U.S. to expand access to renewable energy on Native American reservations and in other rural areas, the Biden administration announced Tuesday.

The $366 million plan will pay for solar, battery storage and hydropower projects in sparsely populated regions where electricity can be costly and unreliable. The money comes from a $1 trillion infrastructure law President Joe Biden signed in 2021.

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm called the announcement “historic” at a clean energy tribal summit in Southern California that began Tuesday.

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Source: yahoo!finance

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