How going solar is helping U.S. schools save millions

A tree, barn and house are situated near each other

From Nikolay Nikolov / Mashable: School districts in the United States are switching to solar power to save money on utilities and sell extra power back to the power grid. They use the savings to increase teachers’ pay and upgrade facilities like buses and computer labs.

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