Teslarati
JULY 26, 2023
Rivian plans to convert the Starfire Mine in Kentucky to a solar energy center. The Starfire Mine, Kentucky, was once one of the largest coal mines in the United States. It will be one of Kentucky’s largest renewable power projects once converted. The conversion is estimated to be a $1 billion solar project.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 1, 2024
Kentucky State Capitol. Photo by Mobilus in Mobili on Flickr As of January 1st, Kentucky has implemented not one but two new taxes on electric vehicles, both of which are individually higher than what gas vehicles pay on similar units of energy. cents, compared to a current average gas price of $2.78 per gallon in the state).
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2009
A US Department of Energy (DOE) team of regional partners has begun injecting carbon dioxide into coal seams in the Central Appalachian Basin to determine the feasibility of CO 2 storage in unmineable coal seams and the potential for enhanced coalbed methane recovery. feet in thickness. trillion cubic feet.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 21, 2011
The compressed CO 2 then travels through a mile-long pipeline to the wellhead where it is injected into a deep saline formation more than a mile underground. MGSC is investigating options for the 60,000 square mile Illinois Basin, which underlies most of Illinois, southwestern Indiana, and western Kentucky.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 21, 2010
The targeted coal seams are in the Pratt, Mary Lee, and Black Creek Coal groups within the upper Pottsville Formation and range from 940 to 1,800 feet in depth and from 1 to 6 feet in thickness. Coal in the Black Warrior Basin has the potential to sequester 1.1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas from these coal seams.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 23, 2012
According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), US electricity generation in 2010 was 70% fossil fuels (coal 44.9%, natural gas 23.8%); 20% nuclear; and 10% renewable, of which 6.2% EIA forecasts that the mix in 2035 will shift to include 39% coal; 27% natural gas; and 16% renewables. was conventional hydropower.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 11, 2012
Contributions of regions to total life cycle emissions for three fuels (µg per vehicle-mile traveled per km 2 land area). The area along the Kentucky/Virginia border extending into West Virginia experiences a reduction in PM 2.5 The area along the Kentucky/Virginia border extending into West Virginia experiences a reduction in PM 2.5
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