Coal-fired power plants finding new uses as data centers, clean energy hubs


Coal-fired power plants finding new uses as data centers, clean energy hubs


A St. Louis firm specializes in getting environmentally challenged properties ready for reuse, including coal plants.

As coal-fired power plants become uneconomic and are shut down for good, a new sort of recycling industry is taking shape: the repurposing of those plants.

Utilities across the country are finding ways to redevelop abandoned fossil-fueled sites. In January, Beloit College in Wisconsin began operating a student union and recreation center in a structure where Alliant Energy formerly burned coal to produce power.

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