Solar Power at NOLS Rocky Mountain

At NOLS Rocky Mountain we have been busy with hundreds of students coming in and taking our summer courses. While we were getting students ready, issuing equipment, rationing food and welcoming them back after their course our solar panels were working hard to help power our branch. This summer the panels have generated 7,800 Kilowatt Hours of power. That is about 40 percent of the electric power that we use here. This is awesome. Since we installed the panels we have avoided 18,557 pounds of greenhouse gases.

Environment

Written By

Chris Lyng

At 8:30 this morning, recently minted NOLS grads sat down before roughly 60 NOLS staff members in the Headquarters lounge for a talk about their nine days in the Wyoming wilderness. With Lander’s fresh snow glaring outside, NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Ed Lu, Clayton Anderson, Robert Thirsk, Koichi Wakata and Rex Walheim discussed their recent experience; from learning the value of leadership styles, the similarities of exploration in the mountains and space, the joys of backcountry cooking and what it’s like to “drop trow” when it’s -20 degrees out.

Solar Power at NOLS Rocky Mountain

Chris Lyng

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