Ohio regulators have granted a two-year extension for the 200MW Black Fork wind project proposed by Canadian energy company Capital Power.
The state Power Siting Board has shifted the deadline for start of construction to January 2019.
Capital took over the project in 2014 when it acquired Element Power US in a $69m deal that included 10 wind and four solar developments.
The state approved the 91-turbine project in 2012 but it was delayed by legal challenges and a soft market for renewable energy in Ohio.
The OPSB certificate allows Capital to install GE, Vestas or Siemens turbines.
The Black Fork project area spans 14,800 acres in Crawford and Richland counties and would interconnect to the grid at the 138kV Howard substation.
Capital has executed a generation interconnection agreement with PJM Interconnection and AEP Ohio Transmission.
The developer aims to start construction late this year and switch on Black Fork by the end of 2017.
Image: the Capital portfolio includes the Kingsbridge project in Canada (Capital Power)
