Monday, September 22, 2014

Once a Steel City Now a Clean Energy Powerhouse

Thanks to Solar, This Steel City Is Turning Into a Clean Energy Powerhouse
September 21, 2014 - At the turn of the 20th century, the city of Lackawanna, in Western New York, was home to one of the largest steel companies in the world. The Lackawanna Steel Company, later purchased by the Bethlehem Steel Company, gave the small city its name. For decades the plant pumped pollution into the environment, expelling benzene emissions into the air and contaminating the water.

But if this 150-year-old town was once recognizable for the smokestacks that billowed above the factory, it’s changing that image.

The plot of land where the Lackawanna Steel plant once stood is now home to one of the largest wind energy farms in the world. It’s also the future site of Lackawanna’s Steel Sun project, a solar farm that hopes to accommodate 13,000 solar panels. read more>>>

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