WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Several Palm Beach County students learned about careers in the energy industry, including building a generator during the Youth Energy Academy at Florida Power & Light's Command Center.
On Friday afternoon in West Palm Beach, they participated in interactive activities, tours and the contest to build a generator in which the winning team was awarded a $1,000 scholarship.
FPL partnered with the American Association of Blacks in Energy and Path to College to introduce high school students about careers in the energy sector.
It was the second Youth Energy Academy.
"Originally, I was thinking of computer finance and stuff like that," Joseph Kean, the winner of the generator building contest, said in an FPL release. "But now I am thinking of engineering."