Former Colorado coal mine finds new life as solar farm for Molson Coors brewery complex

Former Colorado coal mine finds new life as solar farm for Molson Coors brewery complex

Molson Coors plans to source part of the electricity for its Golden Valley operations from an unusual place: a former coal mine in Keenesburg, Colorado, which is being converted into a solar farm. Here's what to know A rural property once used for coal production in the 1980s is now being redeveloped for solar — to the tune of 16,000 panels, according to Denver7. That means the property will be used instead of producing fossil fuels to generate …