Almost 100 electric buses manufactured in West Virginia are being used by school districts in approximately 20 WV counties as a result of West Virginia’s 2022 economic partnership with GreenPower Motor Company, making West Virginia a leading state in all-electric school bus deployment on a per capita basis.
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.
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.
An energy savings performance contract between Grant County Board of Education and the engineering firm CMTA resulted in energy upgrades to all four schools in the district.
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