Plans for a floating solar field in the City of Lima are getting closer to reality. The city will be receiving millions of dollars in federal grants for the construction of floating solar panels at Twin Lakes Reservoir. On Monday night, Lima City Council unanimously voted to accept $2.5 million through two grants from the Department of Energy for the project: one for $500,000 and the other for $2 million. The floating solar panels will help the City of Lima to power the water treatment plant at Twin Lakes Reservoir while saving the taxpayer money.
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August 23, 2024, Press Release from the Ohio Power Siting Board: COLUMBUS, OHIO (August 22, 2024) – The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) today authorized Scioto Ridge Solar, LLC to construct, operate, and maintain a 110 megawatt solar-powered electric generation facility and a 20 megawatt battery energy storage facility in Lynn, McDonald, and Taylor Creek townships in Hardin County. The Scioto Ridge Solar Project will consist of large arrays of solar panels, ground-mounted on a tracking rack system. The project will occupy approximately 822 acres within an approximately 2,029-acre project area.
RUSSELLS POINT, OH (WLIO) - Members of the Indian Lake community spoke out against possible solar farms in the county.
The Allen Auglaize Coalition for Reasonable Energy (ACRE) held a virtual press conference through Zoom on Thursday. The meeting was held to discuss potential impacts and benefits that Lightsource BP's Birch Solar Project could have on both counties. The Birch Solar Farm Project would occupy over 1,000 acres in Allen and Auglaize County. The project is anticipated to deliver nearly 600,000 megawatt hours of renewable energy annually into the local AEP grid.
Lightsource BP held an informational virtual meeting on Monday in order to listen to community concerns on the Birch Solar Farm Project.
Shawnee Township residents gathered at Shawnee Alliance Church in order to plan next their next steps to oppose an upcoming solar panel project. Lightsource BP previously announced a $316 million solar farm project that Trustees say would occupy approximately 2,600 acres of land in Shawnee Township.
Ohio Northern University celebrates the beginning of construction for a 2 megawatt solar field.
The Village of Minster is being called a pioneer in the electrical industry. Soon, the village will be the first public power community in the country to combine the use of a solar energy field and an energy storage system.