Sunday, April 23, 2017

Big Business Pushes Coal-Friendly Kentucky To Embrace Renewables

Kevin Butt's job is to find cleaner ways to power Toyota. One of the hardest places to do that is at the automaker's sprawling plant in central Kentucky, a state where nearly 90 percent of electricity still comes from coal.

Butt points out a new engine assembly line, where a conveyor belt moves in a slow circle. He says it was specially designed with a more efficient motor. There are also enormous fans overhead and LED lights, all changes that save millions....
http://www.npr.org/2017/04/17/523763826/big-business-pushes-coal-friendly-kentucky-to-embrace-renewables?ft=nprml&f=1001


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