{"id":6467,"date":"2024-12-03T07:31:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T07:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=6467"},"modified":"2024-12-09T07:35:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T07:35:59","slug":"aabe-fpl-and-partners-hosted-the-blacks-in-energy-event-and-generator-build-competition-at-palm-beach-lakes-community-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=6467","title":{"rendered":"AABE, FPL and Partners Hosted the Blacks in Energy Event and Generator Build Competition at Palm Beach Lakes Community High School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Black PR Wire)\u00a0In recognition of\u00a0<strong>Black Energy Awareness Month<\/strong>, members of the\u00a0<strong>American Association of Blacks in Energy<\/strong>\u00a0(AABE), Florida Chapter, partnered with\u00a0<strong>Florida Power &amp; Light Company\u00a0<\/strong>(FPL), and others, to host and conduct a Generator Build Competition at\u00a0<strong>Palm Beach Lakes Community High School<\/strong>\u00a0in West Palm Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>During the event, high school students were provided with an overview of the energy industry and introduced to the field of engineering. The students met with and heard from engineers and senior managers in the industry, and took part in the generator build competition, where they learned the basics of generator theory and how electric voltage is created. Each member of the competition\u2019s winning team received a $50 gift card.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is such a joy and delight to witness the determination of these young and ambitious students who are focused-driven and eager to excel,\u201d says\u00a0<strong>Whitney Walker<\/strong>, Lead Community Relations Specialist with Next Era Energy\/FPL.<\/p>\n<p>Other empowering speakers included:\u00a0<strong>Dr. Michelle Saunders<\/strong>, Lead Project Manager \u2013 Distribution, Next Era Energy\/FPL;\u00a0<strong>Norman Riemer,<\/strong>\u00a0SECME District Coordinator \u2013 Palm Beach County School District;\u00a0<strong>Dion Watson<\/strong>, Director \u2013 Next Era Energy Resource Development \u2013 Next Era Energy\/FPL;\u00a0<strong>Oleg Andric,<\/strong>\u00a0Department Chair &amp; Professor, Electric Power Technology \u2013 Palm Beach State College, and\u00a0<strong>Jasmine Govan<\/strong>, Community Relations Specialist, Next Era Energy\/FPL.<\/p>\n<p>This event was made possible by the generous support and involvement of the American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE) &#8211; Florida Chapter, Florida Power &amp; Light Company, NextEra Energy, Inc., the University of Florida \u2013 SECME of Palm Beach County School District, Palm Beach State College and Palm Beach Lakes Community High School.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About AABE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Established in 1977, the American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE) is an association founded and dedicated to ensuring the input of African Americans and other minorities into the discussions and developments of energy policies regulations. The national membership includes more than 1,600 professionals representing every sector of the energy industry. There are 40 chapters located in states, metropolitan areas and college campuses around the country. AABE utilizes the expertise of their members to analyze energy policy and serve as a resource for community leaders, consumers, policymakers and regulators on the impact that these policies have on underrepresented communities.<\/p>\n<p>The members of AABE are committed to building the pipeline of African Americans in leadership positions in the energy industry. Through scholarship programs, students who plan to major in science, mathematics, engineering and technology have the opportunity to receive scholarships on the local, regional and national level. The AABE members have the opportunity for professional development at chapter meetings, regional and national conferences. For more information about the association, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aabe.org\/\">www.aabe.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackprwire.com\/press-releases\/bprw-aabe-fpl-and-partners-hosted-the-blacks-in-energy-event-and-generator-build-competition-at-palm-beach-lakes-community-high-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Published without changes from BlackPRNewsWire<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Black PR Wire)\u00a0In recognition of\u00a0Black Energy Awareness Month, members of the\u00a0American Association of Blacks in Energy\u00a0(AABE), Florida Chapter,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bprwire","category-press-release"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6469,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6467\/revisions\/6469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}