Coal mining operations take up a lot of space. Even if they are taken out of commission, they still lie there, dormant.

As President Trump pledges to revive “beautiful” coal, Virginia’s coal counties have largely moved on to new ventures. But ...

That means inventorying and packaging sites in a similar fashion ... to build solar projects on former coal mine lands in Southwest Virginia, Eastern Tennessee, and Eastern Kentucky that fall ...

Among them is The Copper Basin Mining District site in Tennessee, just north of the ... of Pennsylvania on reclaiming 1,500 acres of former coal mining sites that are now managed as state game ...

Global renewable energy company RWE Clean Energy is advancing development in Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) territory in a unique way: transforming former coal mining sites into ...

Some of these regions could see an overall jolt of investment when it comes to restoring their former coal sites. Generally speaking, like coal mining, reclamation work also involves heavy earth ...

This is a rendering of the Lewis Ridge Pumped Storage Project, a hydropower facility being built on the site of a former coal mining operation. Source: Rye Development Kentucky Democratic Gov.