Green Education: Learning by Installing Solar Panels and a Wind Turbine
Elliot Lake, Ontario, is a small mining town of about 12,000. The town's secondary school has about 500 students and they have been given a hands on education in clean energy this year.
Thanks to a C$50,000 grant from the Ontario Ministry of Energy's Community Conservation Initiative (CCI) and help from local partners, the school was able to install 12 solar panels and a vertical wind turbine producing 5.5 kilowatts....
Green Education: Learning by Installing Solar Panels and a Wind Turbine
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