Pennsylvania REpowering Schools (K-12)

 

About the REpowering Schools (formerly Wind for Schools) Program

The Wind for Schools project, part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Exchange Program, was initiated to support wind energy education programs at universities as well as primary and secondary schools. By targeting students, the activities address major challenges for the wind energy industry as identified in DOE’s 20% Wind Energy by 2030 report: the need for a skilled workforce to support the expanded development and application of wind technologies. More recently, we have been taking on additional outreach activities related to Solar Energy and are now affiliated with the national REpowering Schools program.

PA KidWind Challenge

The PA REpowering Schools program hosts an annual KidWind Challenge for PA schools across the State.  For the last several years this has taken place at the HUB on the University Park Campus in roughly April.  You may find registration information here and details about how to prepare for the competition on this site.

Email windforschools@psu.edu if you have any questions.

PA Solar Challenge

We held an inaugural PA Solar Challenge in spring 2023 which we plan to continue to host each year.

The program was initially funded in 2010 through the Department of Energy.  The PA WfS program has assisted many schools in providing feasibility studies, teacher professional development programming, KidWind competitions, as well as working with several schools through the installation process of small wind turbines at their schools.  You can find more information about what we have done through these years in the following pages.

Information about Wind for Schools: