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By Mike Sunnucks |Phoenix Business Journal
The Navajo Nation and Salt River Project utility have inked a deal to bring more renewable and solar energy production to the Native American tribe’s sprawling land in northeast Arizona.
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The deal first includes expansion of an existing solar plant on Navajo land but also opens the door to future renewable projects.
NTUA Generation Inc. — an arm of the Navajo Tribal Utiliy Authority — will expand the Kayenta Solar plant as part of the deal with SRP.