Mt Zion Intermediate School Goes Solar!
In Mt Zion, Illinois, the Mt Zion Intermediate School recently completed a 1 kW photovoltaic (or PV) installation with the help of a grant from Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation. The project involves a PV system installed awning style on the side of the school building, solar energy education in the classroom, teacher training workshops, live streaming data showing how much electricity is being created by the PV system, and a solar celebration.
Dr. Travis Roundcount is the primary contact at the school and has been the main force guiding the project from grant application to the hiring of the installer to the completion of the installation. Dr. Roundcount told us:
“The Mt. Zion community is very pleased to have taken the first steps in using alternative energy and I believe a large scale solar power project will be in our future.â€
The live data stream will be visible later this week at IllinoisSolarSchools.org but is currently available here.
The system consists of 6 Sharp 175 watt solar panels and an enphase inverter.
If you want to ask Dr.. Roundcount any questions or congratulate him and his school, here is his email.
And by Monday the Mt Zion Intermediate School will have a web page up at IllinoisSolarSchools.org. We just wanted to give you this early preview of the project and a picture so you could see what the installation looks like.