The NSW government has launched the Schools Renewable Energy Infrastructure Pilot Project.

It will explore the potential for schools to use solar panels and batteries to not only create electricity for themselves, but to also supply electricity to the state's energy grid.

And Education Minster Sarah Mitchell said the potential of the pilot program was limitless.

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"In NSW, we have 2,200 public schools; combined they have a roof space of 8 million square metres. That is almost 2,000 football fields worth of space ready for power production," Ms Mitchell said.

"By producing solar energy, schools will benefit from lower energy bills, and batteries will store any excess solar energy for later use or can be sold to the energy grid."

Stuart Town Public School and Wambangalang Environmental Education Centre are two of the 25 schools from across NSW involved in the pilot.

Ms Mitchell said it's estimated the schools will save $300,000 in power bills and generate about 2.4 million kWh of electricity per year.

"NSW is leading the country in school design, and this pilot project is one innovative way we are looking at powering, cooling and heating our schools," the Minster for Education said.

The pilot project aims to assess the benefits and costs of the large-scale implementation of solar PV systems and batteries, together with other initiatives that can reduce demand on the energy network.

Gulgong Public School will also be part of the Schools Renewable Energy Infrastructure Pilot Project.

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