SOURCE: McKenzie Bay International
April 24, 2009 14:30 ET
More Upper Peninsula High School Districts Want to Become Project EverGREEN Schools
BRIGHTON, MI--(Marketwire - April 24, 2009) - Clean Green Energy (CGE) announced today that
eight more high school districts have signed long-term power purchase
agreements for integrated renewable energy systems at their schools;
bringing the total to sixteen from Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Recent
additions include Iron Mountain, Brimley, DeTour, Pickford, Rudyard, Rock
Mid-Peninsula, Munising, and Powers-North Central. All of the school
districts want to become Project EverGREEN Schools™ and participate in
the national program.
To meet Project EverGREEN Schools™ program qualifications, CGE will
design and provide an integrated EverGREEN System of alternative energy
generation and efficiency applications including McKenzie Bay
International's www.mckenziebay.com (PINKSHEETS: MKBY) WindStor® wind
turbine. CGE will own, install, maintain & operate the system at the
customer's facility and sell all electricity to the school's facility at or
slightly below existing retail rates. Schools have no capital costs.
Iron Mountain Superintendent Dennis
Chartier stated, "The Project EverGREEN Schools™ program provides a
hands-on learning experience teaching energy literacy to our students and
community. Our graduates will be better prepared to face the challenges of
diminished resources and capable of finding solutions through renewable
energy generation/distribution and efficiency options. CGE makes this all
possible by reducing our costs and providing student scholarships."
Project EverGREEN Schools™ is the national education initiative of
Partners GREEN (Group for a Renewable Energy Efficient Nation), a nonprofit
organization. It is the gateway for information and resources on renewable
energy, energy efficiency, environment, and climate literacy in the schools
sector. The goal is to help provide a healthy, high-performing learning
environment for our nation's students while creating a culture of
responsible change in the design, construction, retrofitting,
maintenance and operation of America's schools.
Partners GREEN launched a "Say Yes to Green Schools" petition
www.partnersgreen.org in November 2008, calling for a national renewable
energy standard that removes all barriers to entry for onsite generation by
third parties. Signatories to date represent more than 18 million people
including 142 Michigan high schools districts. Partners GREEN plans to
deliver the petition to President
Obama in the near future.
For further information about this release contact:
CGE (248) 446-1344 or email at cge@cleangreenenergyllc.com
Project EverGREEN Schools™ (888) 473-5444
McKenzie Bay Investor Relations - Richard Kaiser, 800-631-8127,
yes@yesinternational.com