A planning application for a 15-metre high
wind turbine has been submitted by a school in Norwich, it has been revealed.
Hethersett High School in Queens Road will use the turbine to generate some of its power, as well as to teach children about
renewable energy, the Norwich Evening News reported.
The plans have been submitted to South Norfolk council after the school helped raise £36,000 over two-and-a-half years to pay for the turbine.
It also received grants from the Low Carbon and
Sustainable Energy Programmes and the educational establishment hopes the turbine will be running by next year.
Speaking to the news resource, business manager at the school Richard Cole said the turbine will not "produce enough energy for instance for us to be able to pump electricity back into the National Grid, but we are also aiming for it to be an educational tool".
The UK's high wind speeds make wind turbines a "viable and sustainable way" to produce energy, Helena Wright, renewable energy advisor for British Eco Energy, previously asserted.
