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PUPILS and parents are furious after school business chiefs turned down an offer of £40,000 worth of free solar panels to power a city academy - because they would break an existing energy contract.
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http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Pupils-shocked-as-school-told.6772091.jp
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"Pupils shocked as school told to turn down solar panels"
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Posted 12 years ago #
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Simply scandalous! Really shows the folly of PPP contracts.
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Schools Global Footprint ProjectThis is a partnership project between the Council and Sustainable Scotland Network’s ‘Local Footprints Project’, to help schools deliver Curriculum for Excellence through Sustainable Development Education and Global Citizenship. The project aim is to reduce schools’ footprints and provide a case study which demonstrates the benefits of connecting educational work with the Carbon Reduction Commitment.
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Couldn't they have accepted and simply put the power into the grid until the problematic contract terminated?
Posted 12 years ago #
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