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Official says northern W.Va. best for conversion plant
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Northern West Virginia is a better location for a coal conversion
plant because its high-sulfur reserves are cheaper than the low-
sulfur coal mined in southern coalfields, said West Virginia Public
Energy Authority Director Paul Hardesty.
Still, any plant would have to have a guaranteed market before
investors would seriously consider investing in any proposal, he
said.
Gov. Joe Manchin appointed Hardesty in April to run the energy
authority and to work on the governor's West Virginia Coal Conversion
Initiative. Manchin wants to take advantage of West Virginia's status
as the nation's second ...
