The Connecticut Technical Training and Profession System (CTECS) is putting in seven photo voltaic tasks throughout its district that may collectively ship 4.6 MW of energy. CTECS will save practically $6 million in power prices over the lifetime of the methods.
From left to proper: CTECS Govt Director Dr. Alice Pritchard; State Consultant Jason Doucette; Dennis Schain, City of Manchester; State Consultant Geoff Luxenberg; DAS Commissioner Michelle Gilman; Verogy CEO Will Herchel; Connecticut Inexperienced Financial institution President and CEO Bryan Garcia; Howell Cheney Technical Excessive Faculty Principal David Batch
Verogy is putting in the tasks, with help from the Connecticut Dept. of Administrative Companies (DAS) and the Connecticut Green Bank. The tasks can even incorporate a workforce improvement part, providing each classroom and on-site studying alternatives for college students at every faculty the place tasks are underway.
The seven tasks are as follows:
- Howell Cheney Technical Excessive Faculty (Manchester) – 756.8-kW carport system
- W.F. Kaynor Technical Excessive Faculty (Waterbury) – 448.8-kW rooftop system
- A.I. Prince Technical Excessive Faculty (Hartford) – 170.5-kW rooftop system
- Eli Whitney Technical Excessive Faculty (Hamden) – 756.8-kW rooftop and carport methods
- Emmett O’Brien Technical Excessive Faculty (Ansonia) – 897.6-kW rooftop and carport methods
- Henry Abbott Technical Excessive Faculty (Danbury) – 616-kW carport system
- H.H. Ellis Technical Excessive Faculty (Danielson) – 959.2-kW roof and carport system
“This photo voltaic mission represents a lot greater than an funding in clear power, it’s additionally an funding in our college students by giving them publicity to applied sciences which might be shaping the way forward for their industries,” stated CTECS Govt Director Dr. Alice Pritchard, on the ground-breaking of the mission at Howell Cheney Technical Excessive Faculty. “On the similar time, the power financial savings generated by these methods enable us to redirect operational funds into different programmatic areas. It’s a mannequin for the way collaborative tasks can advance our instructional mission whereas supporting Connecticut’s power objectives.”
“As a graduate of Wilcox Tech’s Electrical Program, I understand how helpful hands-on technical training might be,” stated Torre Babich, Venture Supervisor at Verogy and a Wolcott native. “I began my journey within the electrical commerce proper right here in Connecticut, incomes my diploma and finishing 2,000 hours of classroom coaching. Having supported the launch of the engineering part of the CTECS photo voltaic tasks, it’s extremely rewarding to see them transfer ahead, bringing clear power to varsities whereas providing college students the identical form of real-world expertise that launched my very own profession.”
Information merchandise from Connecticut Inexperienced Financial institution
