How Youth Led a Solar Installation Process and How it Can Be Replicated Anywhere
Sirohi Kumar & Thomas Korstanje
WELCOME STUDENTS
“We wrote this paper because we felt it was important to spread the word about the work we did and ensure it would be possible for other student around the country to retreat it. More importantly, we understand that the issue of the climate crisis and its mitigation have fallen into the hands of the youth. We are fulfilling our duties to the Earth by assisting with the installation process and writing this paper.”
- Sirohi Kumar, Thomas Korstanje
PROJECT ACCOMPLISHEMENTS
ELECTRICITY NEEDS FROM SOLAR
ELECTRICITY NEEDS FROM SOLAR
ELECTRICITY NEEDS FROM SOLAR
This was a big piece of the plan
UPFRONT PAYMENT TO INSTALL
ELECTRICITY NEEDS FROM SOLAR
ELECTRICITY NEEDS FROM SOLAR
Most schools, like ours, could not afford solar under any other terms
AVOIDED CO2 EMISSIONS
ELECTRICITY NEEDS FROM SOLAR
SAVINGS TO SCHOOL OVER 25 YEARS
The final result--a net benefit to the atmosphere to slow global warming
SAVINGS TO SCHOOL OVER 25 YEARS
SAVINGS TO SCHOOL OVER 25 YEARS
SAVINGS TO SCHOOL OVER 25 YEARS
The economics hinged on political and business circumstances
kWh/YEAR POWER PRODUCED
SAVINGS TO SCHOOL OVER 25 YEARS
kWh/YEAR POWER PRODUCED
Lacking carbon emissions, our power is verifiably green
SOLAR PANELS INSTALLED
SAVINGS TO SCHOOL OVER 25 YEARS
kWh/YEAR POWER PRODUCED
The engineering challenges were solved one step at the time
Letter of Support
May 27, 2020
From Bruno D.V. Marino Ph.D. CEO, Founder, Planetary Emissions Management Inc.
Congratulations! Your whitepaper is a masterpiece! I am sure that it will inspire many to take up similar solar projects for schools across the U.S. and the world.
You should be very proud of what you have done for the Mount Desert Island High School (MDIHS) Solar Project. As a citizen and colleague, I am grateful for what you and your fellow students have accomplished in this project for yourselves, your school, the community, and the planet.
This project is proof that there is enormous hope for solutions to climate change management by youth on local-to-global scales. You have shown that by empowering youth— giving them opportunities, and surrounding them with a supportive community—you can transform the world we live in through direct action. Direct action taken by youth is the ultimate form of climate-change activism.
