Central Community College of Nebraska is putting students of all ages on a path to good-paying jobs in the state’s growing clean-energy sector. Taylor Schneider is the energy technology instructor at the school’s Hastings campus. He said students receive valuable hands on experience in the latest solar, wind and battery-storage technologies. They also get to climb a wind turbine tower that generates the school’s electricity.”Instead of instructor, you know, just ‘death by PowerPoint,’ so to speak, my students are getting that full experience.” said Schneider. “Everybody that’s graduated so far has all been placed in jobs, whether it be in the wind field or in the solar-energy field.”Schneider said wind sits at number two, with solar coming in at number five, on a list of the nation’s fastest growing occupations projected for this decade. In 2021, wind…
Nebraskas Onramp for Good Paying EV Tech and Clean Energy Jobs / Public News Service
