Solar Power Projects
Gardiner School
Students at Gardiner School celebrated Earth Day2009 with a hands-on demonstration showing how solar energy works. The demonstration concluded with the installation of 12 solar panels on the school, which will generate electricity for the school using a free resource—the sun. In addition to reducing the school’s energy costs and helping to protect the environment, the system will benefit the school’s 300 students by serving as a valuable learning tool. The system includes a monitoring system that allows students to track the power of the sun, the temperature and the wind speed at any given time, as well as how much electricity the system is producing.
The school received a $23,000 grant from NorthWestern Energy to help pay for the system. In addition, Bear Creek Council, a local environmental group, contributed $2,000 to buy additional teaching materials focused on renewable energy. Read More