The Ohio Senate has advanced reforms of the US state’s wind turbine setback policy, which the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) said had been “among the most restrictive in the nation”.
The Senate’s setback amendment would make Ohio more attractive for future wind power developers, AWEA said.
AWEA eastern region policy director Andrew Gohn said: “The Ohio Senate took a stand for the state’s future by aiming to reform burdensome regulation and unleash the job-creating economic potential of Ohio’s wind energy resources.”
EDP Renewables North America chief executive Gabriel Alonso said: “The Senate’s proposal to fix wind turbine siting rules will allow wind energy developers to make billions of dollars of investment in Ohio’s rural communities.”
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Ohio reforms setback rules
AWEA and industry welcome Senate amendment to wind turbine regulations
By EBS