US utility and power developer Avangrid and the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA) have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore developing up to 1GW of green energy projects within the Navajo Nation reservation in New Mexico and Arizona.
This partnership will allow the two parties to collaborate and study the feasibility of developing wind and solar projects, as well as battery storage solutions, said Avangrid, part of Spain’s Iberdrola Group.
NTUA is the largest multi-utility enterprise owned and operated by a Native American tribe in the US. The Navajo Nation is the largest Native American reservation in the US, at about 6.5 million hectares.
“NTUA Generation has been working diligently to explore renewable energy development opportunities on the Navajo Nation with the promise of new jobs and clean green energy,” said NTUA general manager Walter Haase.
Native American tribal reservations are sovereign nations, like a state or country.
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