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Recent Updates

Feb10

Response To: Bringing Electricity to an Indian Hogan – American Thinker

February 9, 2012

Re: Bringing Electricity to an Indian Hogan by Henry Percy

My name is Mark Snyder. I am the inventor of the EMPUS™, (patent pending), structure and I installed the unit at Paula Curtis’ residence. I am a Master Electrician and a builder and have licensed nationally doing projects from coast to coast and in Iraq. I have noted that you have developed your blog entirely from your perspective sitting in the comfort of your home in Michigan. No doubt with electricity, water and sanitation. (more…)

Jan12

Navajo Nation Power Vs. Coal and Uranium – The Burt Cohen Show

Progressive Radio Network’s The Burt Cohen Show is a weekly radio show that tackles a wide range of today’s social, economic, and political issues. With hard-hitting questions and a keen understanding of our planet’s interconnecting social and economic fabric, Burt reveals the hidden truths behind the stories that affect us all and giving you the information you need to build freedom, community, and a much better world.

Las Vegas and much of Southwestern US is lit up by dirty coal from Navajo Nation. Yet many of the impoverished people there lack electricity or water. Guest on this show is Elsa Johnson, a Navajo environmentalist and human right advocate who talks about recent successes they’ve had taking on Big Coal and uranium which have done such harm to the health of that nation. They’re looking to the sun for a brighter economic and cultural future.

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Dec15

“Plateau Solar Lighting Up Lives Of Rural Navajo” – Gallup Independent

By Kathy Helms
Dine Bureau
Gallup Independent

LEUPP – Five rural Navajo elders will receive solar electricity to light up their homes by the first part of the new year with the help of Plateau Solar Project, an entity designed to bring electricity, water and sanitation to under-served and disabled elders.

The five are among nearly 40 low-income or no-income applicants who have qualified so far for a 2-kilowatt solar system funded through USDA Rural Development grants. Last year, 78 grant applications were submitted to USDA by Plateau Solar Project, established by non-profit IINA Solutions and Mark Snyder Electric as a “clean energy solution” for Indian Country. (more…)

Dec03

Plateau Solar Shifts Navajo Elders From Kerosene Lamps To Solar Electricity

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts:

Elsa Johnson, Director
IINA Solutions
(602) 524-9464
Email: director@iinasolutions.com

Mark Snyder
Mark Snyder Electric/Global Solar Water Power System
(858) 748-4612
Email: mseprojects@marksnyderelectric.com

 PLATEAU SOLAR SHIFTS NAVAJO ELDERS FROM KEROSENE LAMPS TO SOLAR ELECTRICITY

 Leupp, AZ – December 1, 2011 – The first five underprivileged rural Navajo elders qualified by USDA Rural Development grant for a 2 KW solar system will receive solar electricity in time to light up their home for the new year. In 2010 Plateau Solar Project submitted 78 grant applications to USDA Rural Development and will commence its rollout of thirty-five solar installations within the Leupp Navajo Chapter area. According to Navajo tribal statistics there are approximately 18,000 rural homes without electricity and indoor plumbing on the Navajo Nation. (more…)

Jun19

“Navajo Nation Development Of Solar Power Slow” – The Arizona Republic

CANYON DIABLO -- A bright white lightbulb lit the small, dirt-floored hogan. It nearly matched the intensity of the smile on Paula Curtis’ face.

Visitors dropped in to admire her home, newly equipped with solar power. A shed-size utility building next to her traditional Navajo dwelling promised to change life dramatically for Curtis and her three children, who live on the reservation about an hour northeast of Flagstaff.

slideshow Solar on the Navajo Nation

The building would capture sunlight to heat the water she trucks in from a well 7 miles away. A large tank holding the water would radiate heat to warm the home. A small solar-panel array would make electricity for lights and a small refrigerator. The building also offered a plumbed bathroom for the home, which doesn’t have running water.

No more kerosene lamps. No more freezing nights indoors. No more heating water in pots to wash up or storing food in an ice chest. No more hikes to the outhouse. (more…)

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