Indian reservations a potential hotbed for algae-based biofuels: Southern Utes back Solix, show potential

In Utah, the New York Times profiled the role that the Southern Ute Indian Reservation played in taking algae pioneer Solix Biofuels from its lab facilities at Colorado State University to a pilot facility in Southwestern Colorado.

“The Utes chipped in more than $20 million and the land for the project,” according to the Colorado Independent, making the tribe one of the first-movers among land owners and investors to focus in on algae-based biofuels, and rising the possibility that other Indian tribal lands, known hitherto primarily for casino operations, to move into the production of alternative energy.

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