Falls City High School

Location:
Falls City, OR
Grade Level:
9-12
PV System Size:
1.00 - kilowatt

As a Renewable School project, Falls City High School is building a dedicated community of renewable energy educators, generating clean energy through their on-site 1-kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) system and leveraging the system's performance data as an educational tool to bring energy topics to life in their classrooms. Energy monitoring services and hardware provided to the school connects live performance data from their PV system to the Energy Exploration Center at Solar4RSchools.org. Students and educators nationwide can chart, graph and analyze the system's performance data for... Read full project narrative >>

Fern Ridge Middle School

Location:
Elmira, OR
Grade Level:
6-8

After installing a 5.61-kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) system at its nearby facility, Blachly-Lane Electric Cooperative wished to leverage the system's educational value by supporting several Solar 4R Schools™ Renewable Classroom projects for neighboring schools.

Renewable Classroom projects are designed to build a dedicated community of renewable energy educators within a single school or district, led by a designated “Teacher Champion.” Thanks to the support of Blachly-Lane, Fern Ridge Middle School in Elmira, Oregon received a Renewable Classroom project from Solar 4R Schools™ in... Read full project narrative >>

Five Oaks Middle School

Location:
Beaverton, OR
Grade Level:
6-8

Renewable Classroom projects are designed to build a dedicated community of renewable energy educators within a single school or district, led by a designated "Teacher Champion." Thanks to the support of Portland General Electric and the Energy Trust of Oregon, Five Oaks Middle School in Beaverton, Oregon received a Renewable Classroom project from the Solar 4R Schools™ program in March 2009. Educators at the school received hands-on science kit materials to augment the school's existing curricula and complete access to the resources available on the Solar4RSchools.org website. Read full project narrative >>

Flathead Electric Community Solar

Flathead Electric Solar
Location:
Kalispell, MT
Technology Type:
solar
PV System Size:
167.00 - kilowatts

Flathead Electric Co-op’s Community Solar projects, completed in 2015 and 2018, were some of Montana’s first Community Solar projects! Both projects are located on FEC property and provide a total of 167 kW DC of solar into FEC's community solar program. The systems were professionally installed by Jordan Solar, a Montana based solar installer.

 Flathead Electric Cooperative is very proud of the fact that we installed some of Montana’s first Community Solar projects. We continue to demonstrate our willingness to develop local renewable energy projects and follows on the heels of our... Read full project narrative >>

Forest Grove Light & Power

Location:
Forest Grove, OR
Technology Type:
solar
PV System Size:
7.90 - kilowatts

Forest Grove Light & Power was founded in 1895 and is the third oldest municipal electric utility in the state of Oregon. Power was first generated locally by means of a small hydroelectric plant and later by steam and diesel generators. Since 1939, Forest Grove Light & Power has purchased the majority of its power from Bonneville Power Administration.

With help from the BEF, the utility installed a 7.9-kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) project and charging stations at the utility offices in 2010. The project is directly visible from the street and has a live data kiosk in the... Read full project narrative >>

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Location:
Seattle, WA

Thanks to the generous support of Seattle City Light, energy monitoring awarded by Solar 4R Schools™ to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in 2009 made the real-time performance data from their 2.3-kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) system available to the community. At the time of the project, area teachers leveraged the real-time performance data from their PV system for educational purposes. Read full project narrative >>

Frenchtown High School

Location:
Frenchtown, MT
Grade Level:
9-12
Technology Type:
solar
PV System Size:
5.20 - kilowatts

Thanks to support from the Missoula Electric Cooperative and Bonneville Power Administration, the Frenchtown School installed a 5.2 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system to serve as an interactive classroom tool while building a community of dedicated renewable energy educators. Solar 4R Schools provided middle and high school teachers with a customized renewable energy teacher training in August 2016, complete with hands-on science kit materials to augment the school's existing curricula, and complete access to the resources available on the Solar4RSchools.org website. To optimize integration... Read full project narrative >>

Friday Harbor Community Solar

Location:
Friday Harbor, WA
Grade Level:
6-12
Technology Type:
solar
PV System Size:
9.90 - kilowatts

The San Juan Islands Conservation District is partnered with Orcas Power and Light Cooperative (OPALCO) and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation to install solar electric systems at the public schools on Lopez, Orcas, San Juan, and Shaw Islands in 2015. This exciting community solar project will deliver renewable energy to our public schools, reducing their electricity bills, and provide renewable energy education for our students. Participants receive a payback through production incentives. Lopez Island School is generating renewable solar energy through the community solar... Read full project narrative >>

Funhouse Commons

Location:
Eastsound, WA
Grade Level:
K-12
Technology Type:
solar
PV System Size:
12.00 - kilowatts

Located in Eastsound, WA, on Orcas Island, The Funhouse Commons was founded by local activists in the spring of 1999. The Funhouse is a youth-oriented community center that fosters educational play with hands-on science exhibits, computer-based labs, and art and entertainment facilities. The Funhouse also provides many important social services aimed at the most vulnerable children in the community. The facility was designed to be a hands-on children's science museum. Science and sustainability topics are core to education programs at the Funhouse. Each year, Funhouse Commons hosts an... Read full project narrative >>

Future of Flight

Location:
Everett, WA
Technology Type:
solar
PV System Size:
3.00 - kilowatts

The solar-electric project at FUTURE OF FLIGHT represents the commitment of the Aviation Center and the utility to sustainability. This installation brings renewable energy, once a futuristic dream, into the daily lives of staff and visitors. The modules are installed on the covered walkway to the observation deck reached by the stairs or elevator in the main entry area. The structure was fabricated in Washington and the modules were also installed by a local electrical contractor, bringing the jobs of the future to our local economy. Read full project narrative >>

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