© Andrea Marvin - Solar Panels Constructed by the Blue Lake Rancheria, a Native American Tribe, in Northern California.
In Northwest California, just Five miles Inland from the Pacific Ocean, the Blue Lake Rancheria, a Federally Recognized Native American Tribe, has put Solar Microgrids at the Core of a Sophisticated Energy Strategy designed to prepare the Community for the Growing Impacts of Climate Change.
The Tribe’s Energy Strategy “has the climate crisis at its core,” said Jana Ganion, Sustainability and Government Affairs Director for the Blue Lake Rancheria. “We are seeing global temperatures rise at an ever-accelerating rate, and that creates more disasters and volatility which means energy disruptions and cost increases.” The Local Infrastructure is At-Risk from both Wildfires, which are now occurring where they hadn’t before, and Sea Level Rise.
“We also live in an earthquake-prone area,” she said, “so relying on infrastructure such as natural gas pipelines that will almost certainly rupture in seismic events is not practical.”
The Tribe aims to achieve Zero Net Carbon Emissions by 2030 by Transitioning to Clean Energy and Transportation in a Just and Affordable way, Ganion said. “There are continual plans to add more solar power and battery storage at all scales.”
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