Morgantown’s National Energy Technology Lab’s first-of-its-kind commitment to purchase 100 percent of its electricity from the Fort Martin solar facility helped make the facility’s construction possible.
Mon Power’s Fort Martin solar plant, West Virginia’s largest solar generation facility to date, with 50,000 solar panels generating 19 megawatts of electricity, came online January 4, 2024.
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.
In this podcast Paster Tony Setley with Morgantown’s Saint Paul Lutheran Church discusses his congregation’s process for implementing solar panels for what he calls their “mini power plant on the roof.”
Experts at the West Virginia University (WVU) Solar Power Test Site in Fairmont, WV are studying questions related to battery storage, electric grid integration, grid performance and cybersecurity related to solar power.
An interview with Dr. Jim Kotcon about Morgantown WV’s Green Team, West Virginia’s first Green Team established is 2007. Hear about the Green Team’s energy, cost-savings and other accomplishments along with strategies for starting and keeping a Green Team going in your community.
The WVU Sierra Student Coalition’s active community of environmentally conscious students engages in wilderness outings, volunteerism, and campaigns to promote sustainability on campus.
The League of Women Voters WV is a “nonpartisan volunteer organization that promotes political responsibility through informed and active citizen participation in government.”
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