Wind Farms

The court ruled 6-1 that the Ohio Power Siting Board followed state law in issuing the permit for the Icebreaker wind farm in 2020.

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss why Delaware County Commissioners want to limit solar power production on private land. WOSU reporter Michael Lee joins the show.

Lake Erie is an abundant natural resource with 10,000 square miles of water, wind and wildlife. For more than a decade, a group in Cleveland has been…

Updated: 4:55 p.m., Friday, Sept. 18, 2020 The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has repealed a provision requiring a proposed wind farm in Lake Erie shut down its turbines overnight from March 1 to Nov. 1. Board members unanimously approved a motion by Mary Mertz, director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, to remove the requirement at the OPSB meeting Thursday.

Republican lawmakers in the Ohio House and Senate are pushing for a bill that would allow township voters to reject wind farm projects through a…

As the Ohio House prepares to hold hearings on Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposed operating budget, Democratic members want to make sure their priorities are…

Researchers are saying a new poll shows increasing support for the development of renewable energy among conservative Ohioans. The poll doesn’t just...

Opponents of American Electric Power’s renewable energy project say the proposal to build new wind and solar farms in Highland County would result in an...

Developers planning a power-generating wind farm in Lake Erie are preparing to take their case to Columbus later this month.Lake Erie Energy Development…

County leaders are protesting the state’s strict boundary lines for wind turbines – saying the new law is forcing them to miss out on billions of dollars…