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Wind power in Ohio has a long history. As of 2016, Ohio had 545 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale wind power installations, responsible for generating 1.1% of the state's electricity. [ 1 ] Over 1000 MW more were under construction or pending approval. [ 2 ]
In this period, high tensile steel was cheap, and windmills were placed atop prefabricated open steel lattice towers. The most widely used small wind generator produced for American farms in the 1930s was a two-bladed horizontal-axis machine manufactured by the Wincharger Corporation. It had a peak output of 200 watts.
The Blue Creek Wind Farm spanning Paulding and Van Wert County became the largest wind farm in the U.S. state of Ohio at approximately 40,500 acres upon its completion in 2012. With a generating capacity of 304 megawatts (MW), it produces enough electricity to service the equivalent of about 76,000 homes.
Crawford County commissioners have scheduled a public meeting at 1 p.m. April 21 in the youth building at the Crawford County Fairgrounds.
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Columbus' municipal electric aggregation program projected to have locally generated green energy by this year, but three years on is getting none.
Ohio consumed 160.176 TWh of electricity in 2005, fourth among U.S. states, [2] [3] and has a storied history in the sector, including the first offshore oil drilling platform in the world, and a modern, renewable energy economy along with the traditional nuclear, oil, coal, and gas industries.
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Ohio, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Ohio had a total summer capacity of 27,447 MW and a net generation of 135,810 GWh. [ 2 ]