TCIPG Energy Updates

• New lessons
  1/24/2012

  There are new lessons in the Resources for Teachers and Students section for the Wind and Storage applet.  Explore the applet and use the lessons to learn about how increased wind power may affect the electrical grid and about how the availability of large scale energy storage allows for more efficient use of intermittent energy sources like wind and solar.
• Illinois Solar Schools
  3/9/2011

  In October, 2010, Metamora Township High School in central Illinois installed 64 solar panels in 8 arrays near the school track and football field.  The live data feed gives information about the generation, the weather, and the environmental offsets. The school estimates that the solar panels will produce 8% - 10% of the school’s energy needs.