Former DuPont site to be utilized for solar energy By January 8, 2021 - 12:21 am MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The site of the former DuPont Potomac River Works explosives manufacturing facility in Berkeley County will be the future home of a $100 million solar electricity production facility. The Berkeley County Council announced Thursday that Torch Clean Energy, based in Colorado, is leading one of West Virginia’s first utility-scale solar projects. The Bedington Energy Facility will stand on the site of a former industrial facility that was previously designated as a Brownfield site by the U....