They're subsidizing wasteful coal use??? Jesus Christ we are fucking doomed.
this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2023
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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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So they're going to continue burning coal until some unspecified point in the future when a new hydrogen-burning plant is built "next door"? Do I understand that right?
If they're burning hydrogen, where does the carbon to make graphite come from? I don't get the plan here.
not a lot of info in the article, i read it as they're burning coal until a new "hydrogen facility" is constructed near by