| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Wed, 2 Sep 2020 19:43:34 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
| Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Brighfield at Continental Steel, Kokomo, Indiana |
Turning a Brownfield into a Brightfield by Darrell Proctor POWER Magazine August 31, 2020 Areas of the U.S. Midwest and Northeast have been known as the Rust Belt since the 1980s, when the decline of manufacturing industries led to the shuttering of factories and other production facilities. Abandoned properties have littered the landscape, particularly in the region around the Great Lakes, which for many years was the hub of the nation’s industrial sector. States such as Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin bore the brunt of the declining iron, steel, and other industries. The area needed to transform and diversify its economy. Much of the region’s renaissance has come as cities and states have reclaimed abandoned properties, taking brownfield sites and turning them into new businesses as part of widespread economic redevelopment. A former steel manufacturing plant in Indiana is one example, providing a model not only for an economic transformation, but also the Midwest’s move to embrace renewable energy to power its new industries. Inovateus Solar, a solar energy provider based in South Bend, Indiana, helped redevelop a site in Kokomo, Indiana, that for years housed a manufacturing plant operated by Continental Steel Corp. The 7.2-MW Kokomo Solar 1 array is located on land where a Continental facility produced nails, rods, wire, and fencing from scrap steel, operating through the Great Depression, and providing materials for the military during World War II. … For the entire article, see https://www.powermag.com/turning-a-brownfield-into-a-brightfield/ -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight A project of the Pacific Studies Center LSiegel@cpeo.org P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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