solar energy

President Donald Trump's hostility to green energy has battered the industry by wiping away subsidies, loans and tax incentives. But even before his return to the White House, local bans on renewable energy were becoming more common.

Columbus City Schools could commit to replacing gas-burning equipment with electric, using zero-emissions vehicles and choosing renewable energy whenever possible.

Opponents of Oak Run Solar in Madison County argued in front of the Ohio Supreme Court that the Ohio Power Siting Board accepted an incomplete application.

The Eastern Cottontail project has state permission to start installing solar panels on about 1,550 acres of private farmland in Walnut Township.

The Trump administration plans to end the $7 billion Solar for All program. Columbus was expecting funding through the program to help residents install rooftop solar panels.

Frasier Solar will put solar panels on about 800 acres of disconnected farmland in Miller and Clinton townships and in Mount Vernon.

The Solar Energy Industries Association, a nonprofit advocacy trade group for the solar industry, reports that Ohio could lose around 5,600 solar manufacturing jobs.

Citizens group Save Hartford Township appealed the Ohio Power Siting Board's approval of the Harvey Solar, a 350-megawatt solar farm set for Bennington and Hartford townships.

“Here, an opposition group spoke loudly about their fears of solar projects and convinced local public officials to share those fears," Open Road Renewables Vice President Doug Herling said in a statement.

Last month, the Ohio Supreme Court heard an appeal of state approval for Harvey Solar, a proposed 350-megawatt solar project in Licking County.