K-12 Schools
Secure Solar Futures has a long history in the K-12 education sector. We have collaborated with schools across Virginia to achieve their goals of energy independence, sustainability, and long-term savings that they can reinvest in the next generation. Our solar programs are customized to each school’s challenges and their ideal outcomes.
Sample Projects
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Augusta County Schools
A curriculum that evolves with the sun in Augusta
3.7 MEGAWATTS
Solar panels on campus have helped Augusta County’s schools integrate clean energy into their curricula through the Throwing Solar Shade® program.
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Calhoun County Schools
Leading the way for West Virginia schools
768.6 KILOWATTS
Calhoun will be the first in West Virginia to install systems with no upfront costs through a financing option newly available in the state, a Power Purchase Agreement.
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Collegiate School
The first K-12 school to install solar on campus in Richmond, VA
94 KILOWATTS
Collegiate’s four solar arrays installed on 2 separate campuses produce enough clean energy to power the equivalent of about 100 average American homes.
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Lee County Public Schools
Solar Helps Run 5 Campuses & Could Power EV Buses in the Future
10 megawatts
Lee County Schools is putting solar on nine campuses while piloting a project to charge new electric school buses with on-campus solar power.
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Orange County Schools
Roof restoration makes more buildings solar ready
2.5 megawatts
Covering half their power demand with solar and getting roofs restored at the same time will save $16.8 million from avoided costs for roof replacements and lower electric bills over the next 35 years.
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Prince William County Schools
Leading The Next Generation to Renewable Energy
7 Megawatts
Going solar will save Virginia’s second-largest school system more than $14.3 million in energy costs over 25 years and provide students with hands-on learning opportunities.
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Richmond City Schools
Seeing the future in Virginia’s capital
2.87 MEGAWATTS
Along with the installation of solar panels on 10 campuses, Richmond Public Schools received a $100,000 grant from the RVA Solar Fund.
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Wise County Schools
A workforce running on clean energy
3.2 megawatts
At Wise County Schools in Southwest Virginia coal country, solar will save $7.5 million while a workforce development program trains students as solar technicians.
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