{"id":258314,"date":"2020-05-21T14:16:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T04:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=258314"},"modified":"2020-05-21T15:24:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T05:24:36","slug":"solar-panels-for-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/05\/21\/solar-panels-for-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Panels For Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Education Minister Grace Grace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 21, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Work to begin installing solar panels on 14 South Burnett State schools is scheduled to start later this year under Phase 2 of the State Government’s\u00a0Advancing Clean Energy Schools (ACES) program.<\/p>\n

The Phase 2 rollout is due to begin on July 1.<\/p>\n

The local schools on the list are:<\/p>\n

Blackbutt,\u00a0Cherbourg,\u00a0Coolabunia,\u00a0Goomeri P-10,\u00a0Kingaroy SHS,\u00a0Kingaroy SS,\u00a0Murgon SHS, Murgon SS, Nanango SHS,\u00a0Nanango SS, Proston P-10, Taabinga, Wondai P-10 and Yarraman P-9.<\/p>\n

Education Minister Grace Grace said the ACES program was helping to reduce energy costs in State schools.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She said a\u00a0virtual solar farm was being installed atop Queensland state schools, which would eventually contribute\u00a0 enough solar generated electricity to power 25,000 homes.<\/p>\n

Phase 1 is under way with work on the initial 210 State schools nearing completion.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlready almost 32,000 solar panels, pumping out 11 megawatts of power, have been installed providing significant gains to those schools that have received installations to date – with tens of thousands more to come,” the Minister said.<\/p>\n