Originally published November 29 2005
British schools seek grants for renewable energy projects
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Funded by the Department for Trade and Industry, the Clear Skies program provides school with energy funding opportunities.
Renewable energy is no longer just the domain of the science lab or the geography lesson - wind turbines, solar panels and wood stoves are increasingly becoming part of fabric of many schools.
Article continues Clear Skies and PV Demonstration Clear Skies is funded by the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) and gives householders and communities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland the chance to install small-scale renewable energy technology, including wind turbines, solar thermal heating, heat pumps, biomass boilers/stoves.
A second grant scheme offered by the DTI and run by the Energy Savings Trust (EST) is the PV Demonstration programme, which covers solar photovoltaic technology - systems which use cells to convert solar radiation into electricity.
The government has handed out �28m in grants to schools across the whole of the UK since this programme began in 2002.
Schools have applied through two funding streams: small-scale grants (77 completed projects and 31 under offer) and medium to large-scale grants (one complete, 12 under offer).
The school estimates it will make an annual saving of �800 on its energy bills, and through the turbine and a number of other initiatives it claims to be reducing emissions of carbon dioxide by approximately eight tonnes per annum - equivalent to two return flights from London to New York.
The school has also installed a number of PV modules on the roof, producing enough power to run the lights in two classrooms.
EDF Energy, Npower, Powergen and Scottish power are all major community investment funders.
Npower, for example, provided �30,000 to Nidderdale high school and community college in Harrogate, for the installation of a wind turbine; Scottish Power gave St James' Catholic high school in Barnet �5,666 for its solar panel installation.
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