By Paul Hirt and Clara Pratte (opinion contributors) An unprecedented energy transition is transforming the U.S. Our electric grid is rapidly shifting away from fossil fuels toward sustainable power sources. The reason is simple: renewable energy is now one of the cheapest sources of electricity in most markets worldwide. In contrast, coal is now among … Read more A Fair and Responsible Transition to Clean Energy

Monday, June 29th Navajo Nation, Arizona — Navajo Power, Public Benefit Corporation, and Zero Mass Water, a Arizona-based manufacturer of SOURCE hydropanel technology, have given and installed an initial 15 rapid access clean water systems to Navajo Households. Funded through a grant provided by the Unreasonable Group and Barclays Bank, this initial demonstration project highlights … Read more Navajo Power and Zero Mass Water Give 15 Rapid Access Clean Water Systems to Navajo Households

CHRIS DESCHENE // OPINION CONTRIBUTOR // MAY 23, 2020 The world is changing right before our eyes. I will be 49 this summer, about the same age as our remote community of LeChee, Navajo Nation near Page, Arizona. And, for all these years, I can tell you that Page has flourished while LeChee has languished for nearly … Read more With the Navajo Generating Station Gone, We Need Help Luring Investment to Our Land

Thursday, May 7th Navajo Nation, Arizona — Navajo Power, Public Benefit Corporation, has secured a $4.5M seed financing round, and also cemented a partnership with sPower to co-develop some of its assets on the Navajo Nation. Navajo Power is a native majority owned clean energy developer whose mission is to maximize economic benefits and job … Read more Navajo Power Secures $4.5 Million Financing, Partners With sPower

Solar heavyweight sPower and local startup Navajo Power are chasing a 200-megawatt deal with Arizona utility Salt River Project, but that’s just the beginning. JULIAN SPECTOR II May 06, 2020 For decades, the massive coal-fired Navajo Generating Station powered the great cities of the desert southwest: Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas. Yet the Navajo Nation … Read more Developer sPower Teams Up With Navajo Power to Replace Coal Plant With Solar

April 28 II BRETT ISAAC, CHRIS DESCHENE, CLARA PRATTE, DAN ROSEN, AND KEVIN DE LEON Amid trying times and economic hardship like we are currently facing, it’s often difficult to find a silver lining, but it’s worth noting that bold projects that drive meaningful change have often sprung out of turmoil and crises. Take Hoover … Read more Rebuilding the West Through Bold Investment in Clean Energy

April 22, 2020 II William Driscoll While an Arizona utility solicits bids for a 200 MW solar project within the Navajo Nation, the near-term potential is 10 GW, says Navajo Power CEO Brett Isaac. “We believe you can go to 10 gigawatts of renewable resources” across the Navajo Nation, as coal plant retirements in the … Read more Navajo Power CEO Sees 10 GW Renewable Potential Across the Navajo Nation

By Benjamin Storrow | E&E News | January 2, 2020 FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — For almost a half-century, the giant coal plant here was the economic heartbeat of the Navajo Nation. Today, it looms silently over the desert with three smokestacks towering 775 feet in the air. Its 500-person workforce scattered in November after its great … Read more The Navajo, circled by coal, see jobs vanish as CO2 falls

By Julia Pyper | GreenTech Media | November 20, 2019 What does the plant retirement mean for Salt River Project’s energy mix in Arizona – and for clean energy opportunities on Navajo Nation land? One of the nation’s largest coal plants permanently powered down this week after the owners determined it would be uneconomical to … Read more The Navajo Generating Station Coal Plant Officially Powers Down. Will Renewables Replace It?