Energy
Power transmission lines reflect the sunset glow as they head up and over the Appalachian Trail at Tellico gap near Bryson City, NC
Aerial view of the towers on a high-tension power lines in Hendersonville, NC
Rows of wind turbines generate power on the Allegheny Front at Mt Storm Lake near Petersburg, WV.
Progress Energy's coal-fired power plant with its new scrubber technology to reduce emissions sits in the predawn light at Lake Julian in Arden, NC.
Wind turbine for power generation at Invenergy LLC's windfarm near Rupert WV
Aerial view of new scrubber stack in operation at Progress Energy's Lake Julian co-gen power plant in Arden, NC.
A compact flourescent lightbulb lasts five years and consumes a fraction of the energy required by a common incandescent light bulb.
A compressed natural gas (CNG) pump at a newly installed CNG station in South Asheville NC
To save on winter heating bills, a man adds rolls of R30 insulation to an older attic in Fayetteville WV
Rows of wind turbines generate power on the Allegheny Front in juxtaposition to the older coal-fired power plant at Mt Storm near Petersburg WV
Aerial view of Appalachian Power's John Amos coal-fired power plant along the Kanawha River at Poca WV
Turning landfill methane from garbage into electricity.
Rows of wind turbines generate power on the Allegheny Front in juxtaposition to the older coal-fired power plant at Mt Storm near Petersburg WV
Aerial view of a Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling rig at Mt Storm Lake near Petersburg, WV.
Water-level view of Appalachian Power's John Amos coal-fired power plant along the Kanawha River at Poca WV
Pro-coal bumper sticker in Fayetteville WV illustrates the importance of coal to the state
Wind turbine at Invenergy LLC's windfarm near Rupert, WV
A massive dragline - so big that it is powered directly by the grid - operates 24 hours a day at the Kayford mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mine site near Kayford WV.
Aerial view of the slurry waste pond at Massey Energy's Edwight Mountain mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mine operation near Marsh Fork, WV.
Wind turbines for power generation stand at sunset at Invenergy LLC's windfarm near Rupert WV
