Clean Energy Ohio News From Solar Flares

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Clean Energy Ohio News From Solar Flares

January  2009     
·   State of Ohio Green Energy Grants Offered. Solar and wind technologies could be coming to a home near you, thanks to a boost from the state. The Ohio Energy Office wants to entice developers to include those efficient energy-generation methods in single- and multifamily homes by offering $3.5 million in grants for solar hot-water systems and wind turbines. The goal is to have about 200 solar thermal systems and 266 small wind turbines for residential use in the state in the next two years. See January 3, 2008
Columbus Dispatch article [CLICK HERE]  Also see Ohio Energy Office grants notice [CLICK HERE].
·   Energy Remains Burning Concern.  The stars may be aligned for green energy advocates such as William Spratley when Barack Obama becomes the nation's 44th president Jan. 20.With a campaign platform calling for a renewable energy standard for electricity and controls on greenhouse gas emissions, Obama has aligned himself squarely with green energy proponents. He has followed up since the November election by listing investments in alternative energy projects as a cornerstone of the economic recovery plan he hopes Congress will have ready for him to sign when he takes office. "It's an exciting time for us," said Spratley, executive director of Green Energy Ohio, a group pushing for energy policies that are environmentally and economically sustainable. See January 2, 2008 Columbus Business First article [CLICK HERE].
December 2008     
·   Wind Power Leads Way in Ohio Push for Green Energy.  As Ohio looks for way to go green, it has a number of alternative energy sources it could tap to help produce power.Topping the list for now is wind power, which so far is attracting the most interest from outside investors.PJM Interconnection and Midwest ISO, the two electric grid operators that move power around the state, report the bulk of their proposed projects involve wind power....Bill Spratley, executive director of Green Energy Ohio, says the state has vast, untapped biomass potential from agricultural production. "Solar and wind is more attractive to the average consumer, but biomass is our biggest renewable resource," he said.  See December 28, 2008 Dayton Daily News article [CLICK HERE].
·   North Olmsted Schools Continue to Pursue Plans for Wind Turbine. Capturing the wind and turning it green are the goals of city and school officials, who are mapping plans to build a wind turbine. Green to help the environment and green to save money on the school's electric bill. See the December 23, 2008 Cleveland Plain Dealer article [CLICK HERE].
·   Green Energy Ohio monitoring study to test area's potential for turbines.   Through grants from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Ohio Lake Erie Commission, Green Energy Ohio will conduct a wind monitoring study on an existing communications tower in Lorain.  If the study proves there is a sufficient wind resource, it may pave the way for future turbine installations and turbine component manufacturing.  See the December 20, 2008 Lorain Morning Journal article [CLICK HERE].
·   Toledo's Makeover: Glass City to Solar Valley.  To secure its future, Toledo, once known as the Glass City, embraced its past; Toledo is where glass was first mass-produced for bottles, buildings, and cars. Now, the city is turning those skills -- and that tradition -- to the sun. New solar energy-related businesses are taking hold in what city officials and local executives hope will become Ohio's "solar valley."   See December 17, 2008 ABC News story [CLICK HERE].
·   Wind Energy Key to Ohio's Revival, Gov. Ted Strickland Says. Ohio's battered economy feels the winds of opportunity.  Gov. Ted Strickland told a crowd of 800 at the InterContinental Hotel in Cleveland that the wind industry "has a bright future" in Ohio because of its manufacturing capacity and the growing need for renewable power.  "Energy jobs will lead the way to invigorating Ohio's economy," Strickland told conference attendees, most of them manufacturers eager to supply some of the 8,000 parts that go into a wind turbine. See December 10, 2008 Cleveland Plain Dealer article [CLICK HERE].

Dennis Spisak
Mahoning Valley Greens
Ohio Green Party

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