Here, a traditional coal region is being transformed into a center for renewables

Both the company developing and redeveloping the area, BHE Renewables, and the company operating the titanium smelter, Precision Castparts, belong to Berkshire Hathaway. In order to one day store the energy generated at the new gigantic solar farm south of the Jackson County airfield, BHE Renewables has teamed up with the start-up Our Next Energy, which is doing exactly this on a large scale.