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Junior High School Students On St. Croix Participate In Solar Racing Event Organized By VI Energy Office

The Virgin Islands Energy Office (V.I.E.O.) held an educational workshop on solar energy for the St. Croix district junior high school students at the Mon Bijou Youth Center on Friday, March 29, V.I.E.O. has announced. The Junior Solar Sprint (JSS) Workshop introduced students to the renewable energy concept of solar power.  The workshop was the precursor for next year’s JSS territorial competition, where students from both St. Croix and St. Thomas-St. John district seventh and eighth graders will have an opportunity to compete in races, with the winning team traveling to the U.S. mainland to compete nationally, according to the release. The JSS is part of a national competition sponsored by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and the Society of Automotive Engineers.   Students worked in teams with their peers from other schools and were encouraged to use creativity, engineering concepts, and teamwork to achieve their goal of constructing the fastest race car.  They partic...