Energy Tech
Most solar panels today are made of solar cells composed of this element, which is represented by the symbol “Si."
What is silicon?
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 is the federal version of this California act.
What is the California Environmental Quality Act?
The most flown airline by 7Skyline staff for work trips in 2024
What is American?
Many Tribes don’t support this type of battery storage technology due to their opposition to mining.
What is Lithium-ion?
This Federal agency has over $20 Billion in loan funds set aside for Tribes but has only been able to fund one project to date.
What is the Department of Energy?
Used to back up communities during power outages and can operate in “islanded” mode
What is a microgrid?
The oldest and largest American Indian and Alaskan Native Organization
What is the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)?
7Skyline’s first Tribal Energy Client, with a contract in place in 2017
What is Warm Springs Power and Water Enterprises?
This Tribal Utility is planning an innovative solar-over-canal project in the Pacific Northwest.
What is Yakama Power?
For many energy grant applications, a Tribal Council must pass this and attach it to their application.
What is a Resolution?
This item converts Direct Current (DC) power produced by solar panels to Alternating Current (AC) power that can be injected into the power grid.
What is an inverter?
First ever Tribal Advisor to the Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Who is Elizabeth Carr?
The app helps us write better, but its little information button can get in the way on your computer screen.
What is Grammarly?
The largest Tribal Utility in the United States
What is the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority?
This organization has provided the most funding to Native communities since 2006, about $680 million (clue: automobile).
What is the Ford Foundation?
This is a type of long-duration energy storage that uses water reservoirs and can release water to power turbines or pump water when renewable power is available.
What is pumped storage?
The first utility-scale renewable energy project built on Tribal lands was installed in southern Nevada on this reservation and was operational in 2017.
What is the Moapa Reservation?
The four GRID Alternatives/11th Hour scholarship winners supported by 7Skyline in 2024 (name two or more)
Who are KW, Jasmine, Etta, and Josiah?
As an alternative to forming a Tribal Utility right away, some Tribes are looking into forming these (clue: TEDO is the acronym).
What is a Tribal Energy Development Organization?
This entity manages the Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund.
What is GRID Alternatives?
The primary purpose of this type of substation equipment is to change electrical voltage, either up or down.
What is a transformer?
Alessandro's last name; he invented the battery in 1800 (clue: voltage)
What is Volta?
A regional network that connects clean hydrogen producers, consumers, and the necessary infrastructure to efficiently produce, store, transport, and utilize clean hydrogen on a large scale. 7Skyline sponsors part of one.
What is a Hydrogen Hub?
The legal name for a linear corridor through which an electrical transmission line crosses Tribal Reservation land
What is a right-of-way?
To receive project funding from a Federal agency, NEPA compliance is often required. This is the NEPA term for a "project description."
What is a Plan of Development (POD)?