As of December 2024, Ohio ranked 13th nationally in solar capacity, with a goal of continued expansion, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. Overall, 2.79% of the Buckeye State’s electricity is generated through solar.
“It’s become ever more important for all of those cities throughout Ohio … to be working together to figure out how we all can advance the projects that we’re working on that can benefit residents and businesses in each of our local communities,” said Robert McCracken, the energy manager for Cincinnati, according to Public News Service.
Planned solar projects are targeting lands that are either contaminated or already cleared, something solar farm project planning often fails to consider. The solar array planned for Dayton will be situated on the site of the 1987 Sherwin-Williams warehouse fire …