Wind for Schools

1. Wind for Schools Larry Flowers National Renewable Energy Laboratory AWEA Board of Directors October 31, 2007 – Carlsbad, CA

2. The Depopulation of the Great Plains “When you lose the school,” said a retired teacher, “you’ve lost the town.”

3. Windy Rural AreasNeed Economic Development

4. Create tangible symbol of a different energy future in rural America Stimulate wind engineering education in universities 20% wind analysis - 3M job-years of trained workers needed over the next 20 years Schools are central to achieving these goals training scientists, technicians, businesspeople, decision-makers, and teachers of the future training opinion makers and future employees Wind for Schools Cape Cod Regional Technical High School

5. Wind for Rural Schools About 30% of the nation’s 94,000 K-12 public schools are rural. They serve 27% of the 47M K-12 public school students Source: National Center for Education Statistics Updated: 10-2007

6. Low-cost replicable system Assist community and local utility to implement a sustainable school wind project Work with AWEA/NEED on K-12 curriculum Build in-state capacity to provide TA for community-scale projects Work with State Universities on college-level program and curricula Wind for Schools – Project Approach Walsenburg, CO

7. Economics Simple: so it fits with school administration Getting rural utilities to participate Starting up an university technical assistance center Connecting with and selecting candidate schools Curriculum development Wind for Schools – Challenges Milford, Utah

8. XYZ Company Sponsor RE Grant Funds WTG Manufacturer G.T. State Energy Office WTG $ $ $ Green Tags Marketer DOE $ T/A T/A WAC $ Co-op/Local Utility T/A $ T/A T/A $ D NREL/WPA T/A School Administration Science Teacher & Students D – Data $ – Funds Flow – Knowledge C – Coordination G.T. – Green Tags WTG – Wind Turbine T/A – Technical Assistance C $ C C Community C State Facilitator

9. Wind for Schools Summit 2007 • SD, NE, MT, KS, ID, CO • State Facilitators • WAC Leaders • Teachers • NREL/WPA Staff • NEED • Small Wind industry reps

10. Colorado: Tom Potter Idaho: Brian Jackson Kansas: Dan Nagengast Montana: Mike Costanti Nebraska: Dan McGuire South Dakota: Steve Wegman Wind for Schools: State Facilitators • Engage with the variety of stakeholders needed for successful school projects: community, school, science teachers, local co-op/utility, WAC, NREL • Help assemble financial package that will work • Goal: Install 3 to 5 systems per year at rural schools

11. Colorado State University Boise State University Kansas State University, Montana State University University of Nebraska South Dakota State University Wind for Schools: Wind Application Centers • Training center to educate engineers in wind analysis and applications • Data analysis, technical assistance, implementation support • Become the state source for technical assistance for community wind

12. Wind for Schools • “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” • Benjamin Franklin

13. Carpe Ventem www.windpoweringamerica.gov