School's grant for wind turbine

Electricity from wind turbines can be sold back to the national grid

A Kent school has been awarded a grant of £15,000 to install a wind turbine so it can generate its own electricity.

Sandwich Technology School was given the money by energy company E.ON under its new community initiative.

The turbine will be used to minimise the school's environmental impact and promote a more sustainable way of life.

"We have a heavy carbon footprint and our wind turbine will go a long way towards cancelling that out," said Susan Hibberd from the school.

Any excess electricity not used by the school in Sandwich will be sold back to the national grid.

Sarah Green, from E.ON, said: "We know there are plenty of local groups that want to go green by reducing carbon emissions from community buildings, and we are keen to help them contribute to the fight against climate change in this way."

Applications for funding will be reviewed twice more in 2007 with the next deadline being 24 August.