Navajo Nation signs wind energy partnership

TheNavajo Nation has signed a partnership with Citizens Energy Corp. to develop wind energy on the reservation.

The tribe hopes to develop several sites and market power to neighboring communities. Phase one, which would include a 200-megawatt plant, is set to be complete by 2012.

The eventual goal is to develop more than 500 megawatts of wind energy.

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Navajos set to tap power of the wind (The Arizona Republic 3/28)
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