We've reached 2 million kilowatt hours!
At 4:14 p.m. today, the Solar 4R Schools program reached a major milestone - 2,000,000 kilowatt hours generated! Since the program began in 2002, the more than 150 projects that the Solar 4R Schools team has installed, repaired or added data monitoring to have combined to generate enough electricity to power an average American home for 181 years or power a TV for 9,132 years. This amount of electricity from fossil-fueled sources would have emitted 2,800,000 pounds of CO2. Here's a snapshot of the 2 million kilowatt hour moment.

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This month's featured activity is Create Your Own Solar Oven. Use materials students have around the house to make solar ovens in class and cook snacks.