Georgia’s Black churches look to go green

Using an infrared thermometer to measure the heat put out by an LED light bulb. (Justin Taylor/The Current)

First African Baptist Church, among the oldest continuous African-American congregations in America, could be among the first Black churches in Georgia to produce its own electricity.

“This church right here is the example,” Anthony Kinslow of Washington, D.C.-based Gemini Energy Solutions said at the downtown Savannah church Thursday. “We are starting a feasibility study to develop a revenue-generating microgrid here at this church, which will include solar PV, charging stations, battery storage, and any energy efficiency upgrades that are needed.”

Using an infrared thermometer to measure the heat put out by an LED light bulb.