Sophia Schmidt

A Philly company is developing equipment it hopes will support the future of the hydroelectric power industry.

As Sophia Schmidt reports, federal officials visited the company to announce a research partnership.

So you'll see down here what we call vertical turning lathes.

At Kingsbury's manufacturing plant in northeast Philadelphia, workers cut and shape large pieces of metal into flat donut shapes.

There has not been enough testing done and not enough development done with alternate materials, different materials that will survive better under those conditions.

Kingsbury will work with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee to test new materials.

Sophia Schmidt, WHYY News.

Pennsylvania has 27,000 documented abandoned oil and gas wells, but the actual number is much higher.

A Pennsylvania company is developing equipment it hopes will support the future of the hydroelectric power industry.

As Sophia Schmidt from our friends at WHYY reports, federal officials visited the company last week to announce a research partnership.

So you'll see down here what we call vertical turning lathes.

At Kingsbury's manufacturing plant in Northeast Philadelphia, workers cut and shape large pieces of metal into flat donut shapes.

There has not been enough testing done and not, and not, not enough development done with alternate materials, different materials that will survive better, uh, under those conditions.

Kingsbury will work with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee to test new materials.

That was Sophia Schmidt.

Now, Audrey Robertson is Assistant Secretary of Energy.

Pennsylvania schools are building solar arrays that will help them save money on utility bills and lower their carbon footprint.

Sophia Schmidt with our friends at WHYY reports.

That thing is tall.

18-year-old student Malachi Tim watches a giant crane lift building materials onto the roof of his high school, Universal Autumn Reed Charter in Philadelphia's Grays Ferry neighborhood.

Pennsylvania's Solar for Schools program was funded with $25 million in this year's state budget.

That was

Sophia Schmidt.

The Unionville-Chadds Ford School District also recently covered its high school's roof with panels.