US: Solar could be installed on Appalachian coalfields

Former surface mines in central Appalachia could be re-purposed for solar. Environmental group The Nature Conservancy is exploring the options.From pv magazine USA. Solar could be installed on a coalfield in the U.S. state of West Virginia if plans by Virginian environmental organization The Nature Conservancy are realized. The U.S.'s largest environmental non-profit is seeking a decommissioned mine site to purchase or lease and is working with West Virginia's Coalfield Development Corporation to secure funding to develop a site with large scale solar generation, forestry and tourism infrastructure. ...

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