GROTON, Conn. (WTNH) — Two Groton faculties are hoping to go greener.
Solar panels lately put in on the roofs of Groton Middle School and Mystic River Magnet School are anticipated to avoid wasting Groton Public Schools $40,000 a yr, based on the Connecticut Green Bank.
Groton Middle School has 560 panels, and Mystic River Magnet School has 256.
“Groton Middle School and Mystic River Magnet School have been designed and constructed with the infrastructure in place to assist a plan to put in photo voltaic PV methods sooner or later,” Rick Norris, the undertaking supervisor for the district, mentioned in a press release. discover. “Working with Green Bank for the previous 4 years by way of their Solar Municipal Assistance Program and their companions, CSW Energy and Verogy, the district was capable of implement that plan.”
Plans are within the works so as to add photo voltaic panels to different faculties.
“We will proceed to discover future alternatives for renewable and inexperienced power,” Superintendent Susan Austin mentioned in a written announcement.
The Connecticut Green Bank supplied funding for the undertaking so the varsity would haven’t any set up or upkeep prices.
