Google is helping bring cutting-edge battery tech to an old West Virginia strip mine

The development pairs lithium-ion and zinc batteries in an effort to stretch renewable energy deeper into the night.

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For decades, a sprawling site in West Virginia was mined for coal, and part of the operation is still active. But on a 500-acre section abandoned 20 years ago, something new is taking shape: a clean-energy project pairing solar power with cutting-edge battery technology that could help renewables deliver electricity around the........

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