ArcelorMittal hopes to harness energy created by ‘eternal flame’
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO
ebennett@yourmvi.com
ArcelorMittal is in talks with two potential partners to work toward researching a co-generation project to redistribute the energy produced from the Monessen plant’s “eternal flame,” plant manager Randy Shelton said at a community meeting Thursday night.
Speaking in front of a crowd of about 20 people who gathered at Monessen High School, Shelton explained that the goal is to redirect that excess energy into electricity to help run the plant.
Thursday marked the latest in a series of biannual meetings designed to inform area residents about steps the coke plant has taken to meet Environmental Protection Agency and state Department of Environmental Protection standards.
They were part of a 2018 consent decree issued to ArcelorMittal by the DEP after Penn Environment filed a federal lawsuit against the international company in 2015, alleging it had been repeatedly violating limits on air pollution since the plant was restarted in 2014.
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