Powerful Ohio Win(d)s

Grants totaling $5 million were awarded for the development of utility-scale wind energy projects. The grants are the result of the first round of the Ohio Wind Production and Manufacturing Incentive Program administered by the Ohio Department of Development and the Ohio Energy Office. The Buckeye Wind Project (in Champaign and Logan counties) and the JW Great Lake's Wood County Wind Farm are expected to be operational by June 30, 2009.

The projects will receive incentive payment of $0.01 cent per kilowatt-hour for electricity generated, and an additional $0.02 cents per kilowatt-hour for projects that utilize Ohio-manufactured turbines.

Sources: Renewable Energy Access, The Ohio Wind Working Group