Wind and solar on your school

Installing a solar or wind energy system on your school brings three big advantages:

first, you do your bit for the environment by reducing the carbon footprint of your school while at the same time raising awareness about renewable energy amongst pupils and the local community
second, you can use it as a teaching resource to help fulfil curriculum requirements in science, geography and design and technology
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third, in the process, you can save your school money by reducing your energy bills!

Find out more about the substantial grants available for renewable energy systems on schools Funding for your school

Lots of schools in the UK have already installed renewable energy systems and are now reaping the benefits.


Barr Primary School, Ayrshire	Keswick School, Cumbria

Here are some quotes from pupils at Milverton Primary School in Somerset about having a solar PV system on their school.

“We like having PV because we are doing something to stop climate change.”

(Ellie, Year 6)

“We like having PV because if our school generates electricity we won't have to buy electricity.”

(Izzy, Year 6)

“The PV are good because they help save the environment. They turn light energy into electric energy and back into light energy.”

(James, Year 6)

“A solar panel is really good because it generates power from the sun and because it does that we save lots of energy and... we make some energy of our own.”

(Sam, Year 2)

“I think it (PV) is really good because it generates electricity naturally.”

(William, Year 2)

“I think the solar panel up on the roof is very good because instead of burning up lots of coal, it uses sunlight. When you burn up lots of coal, it is polluting the air.”

(William T, Year 2)

“It's a better way of getting electricity without having to burn fossil fuels so it won't give out CO2. We don't want the greenhouse effect.”

(John, Year 6)

“Making your own electricity saves money for the schools so they can use it to buy better school resources.”

(Jonathan, Year 6)


Queensbridge School, Bolton	Installing solar PV modules