A student-led renewable energy project in eastern Canada has inspired others to act on climate change. Led by a grade 12 student, Josh Mullen, the Tantramar Regional High School’s solar panel project will help reduce the school’s carbon footprint and encourage other students to execute similar projects.
The student group researched and applied for a grant, securing the $35,000 in federal funding required for their project from the Mount Allison Students’ Union and EOS Eco-Energy.
With it, they installed a 16-panel solar system to power the athletic facility, supplying the football field’s PA system, floodlights, and a building that stores sports equipment.
Mullen was quoted in this CBC article, saying that the solar project will generate an estimated 2,500 kilowatt hours of energy per year and offset 2.7 metric tons of carbon dioxide.
“There’s just a lot of problems relating to climate change in our world. I think that our generation, my generation, really needs to take that step up … and fight it,” he said to CBC News.
Read the full story and how your school and community can take action against climate change –> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/solar-panels-tantramar-regional-high-9.7176608.