In a first, a solar microgrid will directly power an industrial plant
Published on July 9, 2024
For half a century, a sprawling lot in Ravenswood, West Virginia, was home to a giant aluminum smelter. But in 2009, Century Aluminum idled the facility then permanently closed it six years later, and the 2,000-acre site became an empty expanse along the bending banks of the Ohio River. Now, a different metal-making…