By Kelsie LeRose, The Journal of Martinsburg
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., described the Eastern Panhandle as forward thinkers Tuesday afternoon after touring the Entsorga renewable energy facility.
Emily Dyson, director of science research and development for BioHiTech and project manager for Entsorga, lead Tuesday’s tour of the facility, which is the first renewable energy facility of its kind in the United States.
“We always like to be first,” Capito said of this technology in West Virginia. “If we are first in the technology to keep our planet cleaner and more environmentally pleasing, that is great because the (Eastern) Panhandle, I think, is always forward looking in terms of the environment. That is why it is great to have the technology right here.” …