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The Commonwealth

U.S. Department of Energy invests in proposed Bell County hydropower facility

Shepherd Snyder

The Lewis Ridge Pumped Storage Project is one of five clean energy projects across the U.S. that were announced to get funding, all on current or former mine land.
The Commonwealth

Licensing process continues for proposed Bell County hydropower energy facility

Shepherd Snyder

A proposal from hydropower company Rye Development could see the site of a former coal mine in Bell County repurposed as a pumped energy storage facility.

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