Assabet Valley: 'Solar Energy is Here to Stay'
Students install solar panels for residential and commercial use.
Submitted by Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School “To date, Massachusetts has not added instruction in photovoltaic (solar energy) to the mandated curriculum across the Commonwealth," said Tom Martinelli, lead instructor in the Assabet Valley Electrical Wiring program, "but obviously solar energy is here to stay. We’ve decided not to wait for the mandate, but to be proactive on this. With the help of Quinsigamond Community College, one of the school’s many higher education partners, and New England Clean Energy, a Hudson company, students will be given training in designing and installing solar panels for both residential and commercial use. Driving around the school last year, many questioned the activity on a strip of land …
