I-National Ranking Ithola i-California endaweni yoku-1, eNew Jersey nase-Arizona endaweni yesi-2 neyesi-3 yeSolar Ezikoleni ze-K-12.
I-CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA kanye ne-WASHINGTON, DC - Njengoba izifunda zezikole zilwela ukuzivumelanisa nenkinga yesabelomali sikazwelonke ebangelwe ukuqubuka kwe-COVID-19, izikole eziningi ze-K-12 zenza isabelomali ngokushintshela kumandla elanga, imvamisa ngokuncane ukuya kokungabikho ngaphambili. izindleko ezinkulu.Kusukela ngo-2014, izikole ze-K-12 zibone ukwanda ngamaphesenti angu-139 enanini le-solar efakiwe, ngokusho kombiko omusha ovela ku-clean energy nonprofit Generation180, ngokubambisana ne-The Solar Foundation kanye ne-Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
Lo mbiko uthola ukuthi izikole ezingu-7,332 ezweni lonke ezisebenzisa amandla elanga, okwenza amaphesenti angu-5.5 azo zonke izikole ezi-K-12 zikahulumeni nezizimele e-United States.Eminyakeni engu-5 edlule, inani lezikole ezine-solar likhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-81, futhi manje abafundi abayizigidi ezingu-5.3 bafunda esikoleni esine-solar.Izifunda ezinhlanu eziphezulu zelanga ezikoleni—iCalifornia, New Jersey, Arizona, Massachusetts, ne-Indiana—zasiza ekuqhubekiseni lokhu kukhula.
“Ilanga litholakala kuzo zonke izikole—kungakhathaliseki ukuthi libalele noma licebe kangakanani lapho uhlala khona.Zimbalwa kakhulu izikole ezibonayo ukuthi i-solar yinto ezingasebenzisa yona ukonga imali futhi kusizakale abafundi namuhla,”kusho uWendy Philleo, umqondisi omkhulu weGeneration180.“Izikole ezishintshela ku-solar zingakonga izindleko zikagesi ekulungiseleleni ukubuyela esikoleni, njengokufaka amasistimu okungenisa umoya, noma ekugcineni othisha nokugcina izinhlelo ezibalulekile,” wengeza.
Izindleko zamandla ziyizindleko zesibili ngobukhulu ezikoleni zase-US ngemuva kwabasebenzi.Ababhali bombiko bayaqaphela ukuthi izifunda zesikole zingonga kakhulu ezindlekweni zamandla ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.Isibonelo, i-Tucson Unified School District e-Arizona ilindele ukonga amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-43 eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-20, futhi e-Arkansas, iSifunda Sesikole Sase-Batesville sasebenzisa ukonga ugesi ukuze sibe isifunda sesikole esikhokha kakhulu esifundeni lapho othisha bethola imali efika ku-$9,000 ngonyaka ngokwenyuswa. .
Ucwaningo luthola ukuthi izikole eziningi zisebenzisa amandla elanga ngaphandle kwezindleko ezinkulu ezikhona.Ngokwalo mbiko, amaphesenti angu-79 elanga afakwa ezikoleni axhaswe umuntu wesithathu—njengonjiniyela welanga—oxhasa lolu hlelo, olwakha, oluphethe futhi lunakekele.Lokhu kuvumela izikole nezifunda, kungakhathaliseki ubukhulu besabelomali sazo, ukuthi zithenge amandla elanga futhi zithole ukonga kwezindleko zamandla ngokushesha.Izivumelwano zokuthenga amandla, noma ama-PPA, ziyilungiselelo lenkampani yangaphandle elidumile elitholakala ezifundazweni ezingu-28 kanye neSifunda sase-Columbia.
Izikole nazo zisebenzisa imali kumaphrojekthi elanga ukuze zinikeze abafundi izandla zokufunda nge-STEM, ukuqeqeshwa kwemisebenzi, kanye nama-internship emisebenzini yelanga.
"Ukufakwa kwe-solar kusekela imisebenzi yendawo futhi kungenise imali yentela, kodwa kungasiza izikole ukuthi zonge ugesi kwezinye izinto ezithuthukisiwe futhi zisekele kangcono othisha bazo,"kusho U-Abigail Ross Hopper, umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-SEIA.“Njengoba sicabanga ngezindlela esingakha kabusha ngazo kangcono, ukusiza izikole ukuthi zishintshele ku-solar + storage kungaphakamisa imiphakathi yethu, kuqhube umnotho wethu omile, futhi kuvimbele izikole zethu emiphumeleni yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu.Akuvamile ukuthola isisombululo esingaxazulula izinselelo eziningi ngesikhathi esisodwa futhi sithemba ukuthi iCongress izoqaphela ukuthi ilanga lingaba neqhaza elibalulekile emiphakathini yethu, ”wengeza.
Ukwengeza, izikole ezine-solar nebhethri yokugcina zingasebenza njengezindawo zokukhosela eziphuthumayo futhi zinikeze amandla okulondoloza ngesikhathi sokuhamba kwegridi, okungavimbeli nje ukuphazamiseka kwamakilasi kodwa futhi kusebenza njengesisetshenziswa esibalulekile emiphakathini.
"Esikhathini lapho ubhubhane lomhlaba wonke kanye nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kuletha ukulungela izimo eziphuthumayo, izikole ezinelanga kanye nezindawo zokugcina zingaba izikhungo zokuqina komphakathi ezihlinzeka ngosizo olubalulekile emiphakathini yazo ngesikhathi sezinhlekelele zemvelo,"kusho u-Andrea Luecke, umongameli kanye nomqondisi omkhulu eSolar Foundation."Sithemba ukuthi lo mbiko uzoba yinsiza ebalulekile ukusiza izifunda zezikole zihole indlela eya ekusaseni lamandla ahlanzekile."
Lolu hlelo lwesithathu Lwekusasa Eliqhakazile: Ucwaningo Lwelanga Ezikoleni Zase-US luhlinzeka ngocwaningo olunzulu kakhulu kuze kube manje mayelana nokuthatha ilanga nezitayela ezikoleni zomphakathi nezizimele ze-K-12 ezweni lonke futhi luhlanganisa izifundo zesikole eziningana.Isizindalwazi sombiko sihlanganisa imephu esebenzisanayo yezikole ezisebenza ngemisebe yelanga kuzwelonke, kanye nezinye izinsiza zokusiza izifunda zezikole ukuthi zihambe ngemisebe yelanga.
Chofoza lapha ukuze ufunde okutholakele okubalulekile kombiko
Chofoza lapha ukuze ufunde umbiko ogcwele
###
Mayelana ne-SEIA®:
I-Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA) ihola uguquko emnothweni wamandla ahlanzekile, idale uhlaka lokuthi ilanga lifinyelele ku-20% wokuphehlwa kukagesi wase-US ngo-2030. I-SEIA isebenza nezinkampani zayo ezingamalungu ayi-1,000 kanye nabanye ababambisene bamasu ukulwela izinqubomgomo. ezidala amathuba emisebenzi kuyo yonke imiphakathi futhi zilolonge imithetho yemakethe enobulungiswa ekhuthaza ukuncintisana kanye nokukhula kwamandla athembekile, angabizi kakhulu elanga.Yasungulwa ngo-1974, i-SEIA iyinhlangano kazwelonke yabahwebi eyakha umbono ophelele weSolar+ Decade ngocwaningo, imfundo kanye nokumela.Vakashela i-SEIA ku-inthanethi ku-www.seia.org.
Mayelana nesizukulwane180:
I-Generation180 ikhuthaza futhi ihlomisa abantu ukuthi bathathe isinyathelo ngamandla ahlanzekile.Sibona ngeso lengqondo ukushintsha okungama-degree angu-180 emithonjeni yethu yamandla—kusuka emalahleni kuya emandleni ahlanzekile—okuqhutshwa ukushintsha okungama-degree angu-180 ekuboneni kwabantu indima yabo ekwenzeni lokho kwenzeke.Umkhankaso wethu weSolar for All Schools (i-SFAS) uhola inhlangano ezweni lonke ukusiza izikole ze-K-12 zehlise izindleko zamandla, zithuthukise ukufunda kwabafundi, futhi zikhuthaze imiphakathi enempilo yawo wonke umuntu.I-SFAS inweba ukufinyelela ku-solar ngokunikeza izinsiza kanye nokweseka abenzi bezinqumo bezikole nabameleli bomphakathi, ngokwakha amanethiwekhi ontanga kuya kontanga, kanye nokumela izinqubomgomo eziqinile zelanga.Funda kabanzi ku-SolarForAllSchools.org.Lokhu kukwindla, i-Generation180 isingathe ngokubambisana i-National Solar Tour ne-Solar United Neighbors ukuze kuboniswe amaphrojekthi elanga lesikole futhi kunikeze abaholi inkundla yokwabelana ngezinzuzo zelanga.Funda kabanzi kuhttps://generation180.org/national-solar-tour/.
Mayelana ne-Solar Foundation:
I-Solar Foundation® yinhlangano ezimele engu-501(c)(3) engenzi nzuzo injongo yayo kuwukusheshisa ukwamukelwa komthombo wamandla ogcwele kakhulu emhlabeni.Ngobuholi bayo, ucwaningo, kanye nokwakhiwa kwamakhono, i-Solar Foundation idala izixazululo zokuguqula ukuze kuzuzwe ikusasa eliqhakazile lapho amandla elanga kanye nobuchwepheshe obuhambisana nelanga buhlanganiswe kuzo zonke izici zokuphila kwethu.Imizamo ebanzi yeSolar Foundation ihlanganisa ucwaningo lwemisebenzi yelanga, ukuhlukahluka kwabasebenzi, kanye noguquko lwemakethe yamandla ahlanzekile.Ngohlelo lweSolSmart, i-Solar Foundation ihlanganyele nabalingani bendawo emiphakathini engaphezu kwama-370 ezweni lonke ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukukhula kwamandla elanga.Funda kabanzi ku-SolarFoundation.org
Oxhumana Nabo Bemidiya:
Jen Bristol, Solar Energy Industries Association, 202-556-2886, jbristol@seia.org
Kay Campbell, Generation180, 434-987-2572, kay@generation180.org
Avery Palmer, The Solar Foundation, 202-302-2765, apalmer@solarfound.org
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Sep-15-2020