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One of Nation's Largest Wind-Powered Generating Plants To Be Built On Navajo Nation Land

Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley and Citizens Energy Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy II, signed an agreement to built a windfarm in northeast Arizona on tribal land. The project looks to be one of the largest in the nation, after 2 years of planning and development work on the project.

The agreement marks another step in the Nation's march towards utilizing renewable sources to generate electricity. Plans call for at least a 500-megawatt facility - enough to power 100,000 homes, using up to 300 towers to harness the wind that is prevalent in the area.

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Posted by Kent Simpson REALTOR® and some other alphabet soup on 03/29/2008 09:20 AM

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Originally posted at: Tucson Real Estate News: One of Nation's Largest Wind-Powered Generating Plants To Be Built On Navajo Nation Land

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9 Comments on One of Nation's Largest Wind-Powered Generating Plants To Be Built On Navajo Nation Land

MAR

2008

What an amazing accomplishment. It is good to use the wind and sun to help reduce our dependency on non-renewable resources!

We're seeing large wind farms like these in southwestern Minnesota. I hope the Navajo nation benefits significantly from this project!

We are building one up in the mountains. Would be interesting to see how many birds can't get through the maze.

Daily Tucsonan,

I'm always looking for blog fodder,
and when I saw this rig at a truck
stop, I had to take the photo!
Thanks for your post; I didn't know
about this. Three of these make
up a windmill, and it gives you an
idea of the sheer size of the things!

Mike in Tucson

MAR

2008

I love that Arizona is becoming home to many of these types of project- it does me proud to see us become a center for alternative energy sources.

Great! We need some ingenuity to utilize our natural resources!

MAR

2008

Shannon - you've got the idea! Thanks for commenting.

Eric - good for Minnesota! I'm sure the Nations--Navajo & USA will benefit from this project.

Gene - I bet the birds figure things out before us humans do.

Mike - Man, that's one big propeller blade! It sure gives one perspective, huh? Thanks for adding the photo.

Chuck - it certainly is something to be proud of...now if only we could learn to use the sun for something...?

Don - the more we learn to utilize a variety of sources, the less we are dependent on one thing. Good for all-even the oil companies are getting into the mix.

The Navajo Nation has been involved in the power industry for quite some time. There is a coal-fired electricity plant on their land also. This is an example of forward thinking that the Dine are working on.

APR

2008

WooHoo! This is a great move, So much better for everyone than that darn "Big Mountain." We do need to keep in mind that the earth works right with the wind undisturbed also. There is no silver bullet. Not that I am against wind power, We just need to remember, no action without equal and opposite reaction.

Michael, thanks for stopping by.

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