Over the past 7 years, solar energy in Ohio has been taking small steps by developing small solar farms. In 2010, the 12-megawatt PSEG Wyandot Solar Farm in Wyandot County was the largest solar installation operating in Ohio. In 2016, Wyandot was eclipsed by Bowling Green’s 20 MW to become the state’s largest. This year, […]
The Icebreaker Wind Project, the nation’s first proposed offshore fresh water wind farm, is expecting approval for its environmental applications to the Ohio Power Siting Board. LEEDCO, the project’s owner, had submitted an application initially in April this year. However, LEEDCO’s application was judged to be incomplete due to incomplete data collection and analyses of […]
Back in 2014, the Ohio legislature passed a short regulation in the state budget requiring all wind turbines over 50 MW must increase their distance from the blade tip to the nearest property line from 750 feet to 1125 feet — or about 1/4 mile. While Ohio’s a big state, there isn’t enough room to […]
As you may have heard, First Energy is looking for money to keep it’s nuclear plant near Cleveland and another in Toledo open. To do it, the company wants PUCO and the Ohio legislature to approve more than $300 million a year in new customer charges. First Energy has said it would close or sell […]