US EditionFirstEnergy Completes Third Solar Site in West Virginia
- On June 2, 2025, Mon Power and Potomac Edison, which operate under FirstEnergy Corporation, finalized their third large-scale solar installation in Marlowe, West Virginia.
- This project was developed in response to a 2020 West Virginia law that permits electric utilities to own and manage up to 200 megawatts of solar energy capacity to address the state’s increasing power demands.
- The 36-acre solar farm is located on a former ash landfill that once held coal ash generated by the now-decommissioned R. Paul Smith Power Station, which underwent a major cleanup in 2022 removing over three million tons of ash repurposed for cement production.
- The facility consists of more than 17,000 solar panels made in the U.S., generating up to 5.75 megawatts of clean energy—enough to supply electricity to nearly 1,000 average American households, based on data from the Solar Energy Industries Association.
- This addition increases FirstEnergy’s total West Virginia solar capacity to 30 megawatts and supports clean energy growth while creating local jobs and aiding economic development.
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FirstEnergy completes third solar site in West Virginia
MARLOWE, W.Va. (WBOY) — FirstEnergy, which operates Mon Power and Potomac Edison in West Virginia, has converted an ash landfill in Berkeley County into a solar site, the third one by the company in West Virginia. The site has 17,000 solar panels and produces 5.75 megawatts of power, which is enough to power almost 1,000 homes, according to estimates. A press release from FirstEnergy said the site, along with the two other operational sites in M…
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