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The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has authorised both Hardin Solar Energy II LLC and Hecate Highland Energy, LLC to build several PV-powered plants across Hardin and Highland counties.

Leading CdTe thin-film PV module manufacturer First Solar held a ground breaking ceremony on 8 June 2018 for the construction of its new 1.2GW manufacturing plant near its existing flagship facility in Perrysburg, Ohio.

EPC, O&M and energy storage development company Conti Solar has started construction on the largest landfill solar project in Ohio.

AEP Ohio, part of major US utility American Electric Power, has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for 400MW of solar capacity in Ohio.

US-based multinational banking company JPMorgan Chase plans to source renewable energy for 100% of its global energy needs by 2020.

Leading residential solar company Blue Raven Solar is expanding to new markets in five states.

Ohio governor John Kasich has stuck to his guns and vetoed a bill that sought to make compliance for investor-owned utilities (IOUs) with the state’s energy standards voluntary, as opposed to mandatory, for a further two years.

Whilst the future of Ohio’s clean energy standards might lie in the hands of governor John Kasich, recent research by watchdog industry group Energy and Policy Institute (EPI) reveals that fossil fuel and utility interests have been pulling the strings behind the freeze on Ohio’s clean energy standards.

The fate of Ohio’s clean energy lies solely in the hands of governor John Kasich who will now decide whether to approve or veto a new bill that would allow utilities to continue ignoring state renewable energy mandates for the next two years.