The Center for Energy Education welcomes to its campus the Roanoke Valley community and beyond to celebrate and demonstrate clean energy and sustainable development through agriculture.
C4EE’s kickoff event, Clean Power Light the Night, is set for Wednesday, October 2, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at 460 Airport Road in Roanoke Rapids.
The event will highlight efforts around the world to move toward renewable energy solutions. The evening of outdoor music and cinema will visually showcase educational, social, and environmental impacts of a zero-carbon future.
C4EE’s signature event, SolarFEST, is set for the following day, Thursday, October 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
https://rrspin.com/news/9446-solarfest-24-has-agriculture-focus.html#sigProId04c76327dd
SolarFEST informs participants about clean energy and advocates for renewable investments within it, informing them that renewables not only drive action toward a fossil-free future but also bring to communities economic and environmental benefits.
This year’s theme, Solar And Agriculture: Growing Together, will highlight how solar installations and farms, with planning and collaboration, can successfully co-exist.
A range of partners will host on C4EE’s campus demonstrations of current research ideas and methods that show the potential for maximizing economic value for farming on solar farms, known as agrivoltaics.
Both events, free and open to the public, will feature C4EE’s Clean Power Avenue of Flags, an artistic, visual reminder of how renewable energy can encourage clean energy conversations. The flags are fabricated from yarn transformed from recycled ocean plastics.
“SolarFEST this year will allow visitors to see how active energy and agriculture partnerships illustrate economic benefits and community power,” said Mozine Lowe, Center for Energy Education executive director. “This range of partners – farmers, solar developers, government, academic, among others – are currently researching ideas and methods to prove the unlimited potential for maximizing economic value for farming on solar farms which ultimately will underscore the economic impacts of renewables as a rural industry.”
