Solar Power

Dayton's first utility-scale solar project will bring new life to a site that hasn't been used since the Sherwin Williams warehouse fire in 1987.

Ohio has seen over $10 billion in investments and 14,000 new clean energy jobs since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022. However, a new budget reconciliation bill could lead to a repeal of IRA tax credits, leading some policy experts, politicians, and workers to fear for Ohio’s economy.

The developers of Grange, Open Road Renewables, says it would have created over 1,000 jobs and $100 million of investment. But that didn't stop local residents and officials from opposing the project.

Madison County Commissioners voted two to one to pursue legal counsel to appeal the Oak Run solar project to the Ohio Supreme Court.

Solvita has a deal with IGS Solar, which will build, own and operate the 1.5 megawatt solar array. Solvita operates a nonprofit tissue bank in Kettering.

The Rotary Club of Springfield celebrated at its Gourmet Food Truck Competition by supporting a solar-powered outdoor kitchen at the the Jefferson Street Oasis community garden.

Vesper Energy is meeting Greene County residents to get feedback on a new solar development.

The Ohio Power Siting Board approved Oak Run in Madison County after elected officials, advocacy groups and residents weighed in on the utility-scale solar power farm.

Global Neighbor, managed by a father-son duo, discovered the right wavelengths that can be used to kill weeds. This technology could make it easier to maintain solar fields.

Ohio has approved over two-dozen utility-scale solar farms across the state this year. That's led solar companies and livestock farmers to work together on what's called solar grazing, a form of agrivoltaics.

In Greene County, Ohio's highest court rejected the utility-scale solar developer's appeal for a state board to reconsider its denied application for the 1,200-acre project.

A solar farm covering close to three hundred acres of agricultural land might be coming soon to West Dayton. As proposed, Gem City Solar would produce enough electricity to power close to thirteen thousand homes annually.