Sustainability student attends solar installation class in Galena
January 7, 2013
Clayton Auld, UAF Sustainable Village resident and employee of the Office of Sustainability, had the opportunity to attend a solar photovoltaic design and installation class
in Galena last fall.
According to Solar Energy International, the search for lower utility costs led the
local city, tribe and school district to to install what the community hopes will
be the first stages of an eventual solar farm on an old Brownfield Site left behind
by the Air Force. The City of Galena and the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council,
who organized a Solar Energy International training class for residents, funded the
project. The course was made possible through a training grant provided by the Alaska
Department of Labor and Workforce Development.