Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Energy Educators Workshop Tidbits from Monnet & Nelson

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

What we learned from our Energy Workshop

We had the opportunity to tour the Prairie Island Nuclear Plant (hardhats required!) and were impressed with the high level of security (yes we did challenge their procedure and opened the doors the "wrong" way and had security called down to let us out), and the continuous training the employees go through to ensure the safety of the plant. 

We also toured the Hasting Hydro Plant and got to stand at the bottom of the river with the huge turbines (above our heads) with the Mississippi river water flowing through them! 


MN is required to generate about 20% renewable energy and we learned that we do that (and more) through nuclear, hydro, wind, solar, and biomass. 

The MN Energy Center sponsored this class. We received valuable resources that we will be able to implement into our classrooms next year. 
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