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New owner restarts West Virginia coal-fired power plant and intends to convert it to hydrogen use (apnews.com)

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The plant was first scheduled to be shut down in 2018. State lawmakers approved a tax break in 2019 that had kept the facility active.

WV gave this plant tax breaks to burn coal for an unspecified length of time. The hydrogen thing is supposed to make you feel good about it.

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia coal-fired power plant that had been targeted for deactivation was restarted Wednesday under a new owner that plans to retrofit the facility to use hydrogen to generate electricity, Gov.

Two FirstEnergy subsidiaries had proposed keeping the plant open past its scheduled May 31 closing date before Omnis Fuel took over.

State lawmakers approved a tax break in 2019 that had kept the facility active.

Omnis will require up to 600 workers after its hydrogen facility is built next door, Justice said.

One of the byproducts of the facility will be graphite, a key material in lithium-ion battery production.

Pleasants County Commission President Jay Powell spoke to Justice through a live video feed from the power plant showing steam coming out of its cooling towers.

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