Solar & Schools — Powering Today, Empowering Tomorrow
The rest of the schools in the state get their electricity from the regional grid, which is powered primarily by a mix of coal, gas, and nuclear. Less than 1% of electricity in Pennsylvania comes from solar resources. Generation 180that if all K-12 schools in the commonwealth installed “average-sized” solar, they would eliminate carbon emissions equal to 4 methane gas generating stations.
She has received support from environmental and educational groups such as the Sierra Club, PennFuture, PennEnvironment, the Sunrise Movement, and the Pennsylvania School Boards Association as well as from the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, the American Federation of Teachers-Pennsylvania, and IBEW-Mid Atlantic. “Reaping more benefits from solar is a smart thing to do,” she said.
Bair told the committee he had a vision: “A megawatt for every school district in Pennsylvania. We can move most of our schools to net zero. Imagine the savings over 30 years. We have an opportunity to get our students in front of green energy, they can have access to watching the building trades install it, we can create family-sustaining jobs.”that shuttle students to and from school and a football field illuminated by solar-powered lights. But there’s more.
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