FirstEnergy Looks to Be Carbon-Free in 30 Years
November 17, 2020 5:25AM EST
FILE – This July 26, 2019, file photo shows an array of solar panels glisten in the sun outside Cannon Ball, N.D., located on the north side of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. At the peak of protests against the Dakota Access pipeline in 2016 and 2017, when speakers needed help to be heard by the hundreds of demonstrators who had gathered near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, they grabbed a microphone powered by a mobile solar unit. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack, File)
AKRON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Akron-based FirstEnergy has set a goal to become carbon-free by the year 2050.
The company says it will eventually sell two coal-fired power plants in West Virginia and build a large solar farm.
The announcement comes amidst the investigation into passage of the Nuclear Bailout Bill.
