Solar power projects see the light on former Appalachian coal land
DICKENSON COUNTY, Virginia, Dec 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Looking west from Hazel Mountain, Brad Kreps can see forested hills stretching to the Tennessee border and beyond, but it is the flat, denuded area in front of him he finds exciting. Surface coal mining ended on this site several years ago. But with a clean-up […]
Solar+Storage Will Lead New U.S. Generation Capacity
This article, for Power Magazine, highlights how solar power paired with energy storage is expected to lead capacity additions in the U.S. power generation sector over the next two years.
Vistra Coal Plants Set To Become Battery, Solar Sites Following Energy Bill’s Passage
The E.D. Edwards coal plant in Bartonville is slated to become a battery energy storage site after it closes next year. Vistra Energy plans to convert its Illinois coal plants to clean energy usage following Gov. JB Pritzker’s signature of major energy legislation this week. State Sen. Dave Koehler, D-Peoria, said that includes the Edwards […]
Mining the Sun: How Nevada and West Virginia are Reclaiming Former Mine Lands with Solar Panels
With their long legacies of mining, Nevada and West Virginia are poised to flip the switch. Two states with very different identities have recently, and fortuitously, found themselves on the cutting edge of clean energy opportunity. The eastern one is covered with old rolling mountains, lush with hardwood forests. The western is defined by the […]
