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The Ohio Power Siting Board set dates for in-person public hearings to receive input on three new solar projects proposed in Union, Erie and Crawford counties. Public hearings have been held virtually for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new 250 MW wind farm is up and running in Hardin and Logan counties in Ohio. RWE Renewables announced June 2 its Scioto Ridge Wind Farm started commercial operation. The project includes 75 turbines.

Solar panel manufacturer First Solar announced plans June 9 to build a third facility in northwest Ohio. The $680 million investment will double the company’s U.S. manufacturing capacity and create about 500 jobs. 

The Penn State Solar Law Symposium, set for June 15 and 17, is for lawyers, landowners, educators or others who want to learn about the legal facets of the rapidly growing utility-scale solar industry in Pennsylvania, the region and the country.

A bill that would allow for local say in the approval process for utility-scale wind and solar projects passed the Ohio Senate. Senate Bill 52 passed the Senate Energy and Public Utilities committee in the morning, June 2, and passed the full Senate later that day.

Solar growth is outpacing any other type of new energy generation source in Pennsylvania, but local governments may not be prepared to handle these new projects. A review of the state’s local zoning ordinances found that 87% of zoning codes provide no guidance on solar developments.

Two months after the plant was temporarily shut down because of waste management issues, Nicholas Meat broke ground on a facility that should solve its waste issues and more. The Sustainable Resource Facility is a biodigester that will turn the meatpacking plant’s food processing residual into fertilizer and biogas.

Ohio’s agricultural commodity groups spoke out against legislation that proposes giving more local control in the approval process for utility-scale wind and solar projects. The Ohio Pork Council, Cattlemen’s Association, Dairy Producers Association and Poultry Association warned against passing legislation that would infringe on farmers’ private property rights. 

The 200-acre campus in rural Wood County will be powered, in part, by renewable energy, according to a company press release.

The new mechanism for local control was created in part to address concerns from the renewables industry that the original bill would have resulted in a de facto moratorium on large-scale wind and solar development. But the solar industry says it was never consulted on the drafting of the new bill language.