By K. Warner
For Metal Tech News 

DOE to repurpose 1.5M acres of coal mines

$450M offer to current and former mine clean energy projects Metal Tech News - April 5, 2023

 

Last updated 4/19/2023 at 9:37am

Historical coal breaker and railroad track at Eckley’s Miners Village, PA.

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The U.S. Department of Energy is allocating $450 million in grants to repurpose 1.5 million acres of current and former coal mining sites, such as this historical coal mine in northeastern Pennsylvania, as green energy projects.

Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed last year, the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) announced it is allocating $450 million in grants to repurpose 1.5 million acres of current and former coal mining sites as green energy projects.

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