W.Va. Biscuit Voted ‘South’s Best’
Tudor’s "Mountaineer” biscuit was named “The South’s Best Biscuit” in an online poll contest held by Garden & Gun, a southern lifestyle magazine.
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Presentation: Pleasant Plant's Hydrogen Conversion Still Involves Coal
Burning hydrogen emits no carbon dioxide. However, the source of that hydrogen at Pleasants will still be coal.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSaved From An Uncertain Future, Pleasants Power Station Is Reactivated
At the Greenbrier Resort, Gov. Jim Justice said Omnis Technologies would invest $800 million into the plant and eventually run it on hydrogen.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDonna Boley, The Longest Serving State Senator
Since Boley first started working in the state Senate there has been seven governors and seven US presidents.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPleasants Power Station, Once Facing Closure, Now Has A New Owner
Few details of the transaction are publicly available, including the purchase price. It’s also unclear how many of the plant’s 165 employees will be retained.
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FERC Approves Transfer Of Pleasants Power Station To Omnis Technologies
Omnis proposes to convert the plant to hydrogen fuel that’s a byproduct of manufacturing graphene, a carbon-based material used in the aerospace industry.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsState Agency That Urged Mon Power To Buy Pleasants Pans Proposal
The West Virginia Public Service Commission heard testimony Friday from Mon Power officials about a proposal to spare the Pleasants Power Station from closure.
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