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ReImagine Appalachia ReImagining the Shuttered Coal Plant Summit 2024 Plenary 1: What Comes Next?

By October 31, 2024No Comments

ReImagine Appalachia’s Second Annual Shuttered Coal Plant Summit aimed to explore the opportunities for redeveloping the shuttered coal plant sites located throughout the Appalachian region.

Watch the first session of the event, moderated by Joanne Kilgour and featuring guest speakers:

Jim Harrison, Director of Renewable Energies for the Utility Workers Union of America

Bhima Sastri, Director of Integrated Carbon Management in the Office of Fossil Energy at the US Department of Energy

Adam Walters, Senior Energy Advisor at the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development

Throughout the summit, the importance of including labor and seeking community input were underscored as a means of creating good jobs and rooting the prosperity generated by redevelopment within local communities. Though redeveloping brownfields present a number of challenges, Appalachia’s shuttered coal plants also offer valuable assets that could support the future of sustainable manufacturing in the region.