by Jbs012510 i3 — January 27, 2010—The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and DOE’s Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program recently announced the selection of five additional states to each receive approximately $60,000 in funding per year for three years for activities supporting Wind Powering America’s Wind for Schools project.
These awards provide universities, state institutions, and non-governmental organizations funding and technical support that are used to develop educational programs to improve understanding of wind technology and its implementation using the successful Wind for Schools model.
The universities selected to lead the projects are Appalachian State University (North Carolina), James Madison University (Virginia), Northern Arizona University, Pennsylvania State University, and University of Alaska. Launched in 2005, DOE’s Wind for Schools project previously supported activities across six states; this award announcement brings that total to 11 states.
The Wind for Schools project, part of DOE’s Wind Powering America outreach and education initiative, supports wind energy education programs at universities as well as primary and secondary schools to address the major challenge of the need for a skilled workforce to support the expanded development and application of wind technologies.
