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As Alaska Native villages prepared for winter and the intensified energy challenges the season will bring, DOE’s Office of Indian Energy (DOE-IE) and DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Tribal Energy Program co-hosted a workshop focused on solutions to those challenges.

This fall the Office of Indian Energy has provided various Tribes and Alaska Native Villages with unbiased on-site technical support on potential energy projects, as well as hands-on assistance implementing solutions to a wide range of energy and environmental challenges.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs (DOE-IE) is honored to be a Gold sponsor of the 2012 Renewable Energy Technology Conference (RETECH) October 16–19, 2012, in Washington, D.C. RETECH is THE renewable energy industry's meeting place for more than 3,000 government, utility, finance, and technology professionals in 60 countries and is the only event dedicated to delivering coverage on every discipline of renewable energy technology.

Two Department of Energy-supported programs are helping the Crow Tribe in Montana produce energy with minimal environmental impact, educate future generations and prepare its community for future jobs in energy fields.

Treasury and the IRS published new guidance today allocating Tribal Economic Development Bonds (TEDBs) for Tribes that have projects that are in the final stages of going to the market to receive financing.

Applications are due July 30, 2012, for USDA Rural Development grants to assist communities where expenditures for home energy exceed 275% of the national average.

DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) made history by bringing together leaders of eight Tribal Nations to discuss progress in the nuclear cleanup and build partnerships to better shape the future of DOE sites.

Energy Department and Denali Commission Announce Partnership to Strengthen Tribal Energy in Alaska

President Obama highlighted his Administration’s focus on a sustained, all-of-the-above approach to developing American energy.

As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to strengthening partnerships with Tribal Nations and supporting tribal energy development, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that 19 clean energy projects to receive more than $6.5 million.