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Toyota West Virginia continues to implement carbon neutral practices and invest in renewable energy–including an agrivoltaic effort–to meet the company’s Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050: becoming carbon neutral by 2035.

The Public Service Commission of West Virginia’s (PSC) Renewable Energy Projects website provides a listing of solar and wind cases that have come before the Commission

Black Rock Wind Farm spans Grant and Mineral Counties in West Virginia. Its 23 wind turbines produce 115 megawatts of energy, enough to power 55,000 homes and save 298,500 metric tons of CO2 emissions. Black Rock sells energy to Toyota West Virginia and AEP Partners through power purchase agreements.

The Downtown Branch of the Cabell County Public Library is installing a new roof and solar panels.

The Cabell County Public Library (CCPL) system approved a project to install 853 solar panels across its seven locations across the county.

Through a partnership with The Health Plan, Wheeling’s bike share launched in October 2019.

The Blake Solar Energy Facility is one of five solar farms/industrial solar projects developed and in operation or slated for Jefferson County, WV.

The WV Public Service Commission has granted a solar siting certificate to Bedington Energy Facility, LLC, for a 100-megawatt utility-scale solar energy facility to be developed on the former DuPont Potomac River Works plant along the Potomac River.

The 378 solar panel array installed on the Parkersburg High School Field House will provide approximately 20 percent of its energy along with providing about 3 percent of the power used in the larger school complex.

Energy upgrades for thirteen facilities (almost 1 million square feet of building space) in the Ohio County School District, Wheeling, WV, guarantees energy savings over the next 15 years.