The Institute for the Environment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host middle- and high-school teachers from eastern North Carolina at a renewable energy workshop, titled “Evaluating the Use of Woody Biomass for Electricity Generation.”
The Institute for the Environment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host middle- and high-school teachers from eastern North Carolina at a renewable energy workshop, titled “Evaluating the Use of Woody Biomass for Electricity Generation.”
This daylong interactive workshop is designed to provide teachers with instructional resources that will enable students to think critically about using woody biomass to generate electricity. Teachers will tour the Craven County Wood Energy Plant to see how electricity is generated, as well as a nearby site to learn how woody biomass is harvested.
The event, which will be held in partnership with Extension Forestry at North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Project Learning Tree program, is funded by Progress Energy Carolinas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy.
Workshop activities will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 14 at the North Carolina History Center at Tryon Palace, in New Bern. Media members interested in attending can obtain a detailed schedule of events by contacting the Institute for the Environment.
UNC Institute for the Environment contact: Katie Hall, (919) 962-0965, mchall@email.unc.edu
News Services contact: Thania Benios, (919) 962-8596, thania_benios@unc.edu