A research project at Case Western Reserve University and one at an Akron company -- Echogen 鈥� have been awarded a total of $2.4 million from the Department of Energy for . And , three big solar farms are in the works.
The three plants, which have been submitted for approval by state regulators, would generate 125 to 150 megawatts each. To get an idea of just how big this is, the largest solar generator right now is a .
The plants would be in Brown, Hardin and Vinton counties. Kent Truckor is with , which is leading the projects in Hardin and Vinton.
鈥淚 think it鈥檚 exciting for us; it鈥檚 exciting for the state of Ohio because this is really the first major push into large scale solar development in the state and solar construction and operations,鈥� he said.
The three projects could create more than 1,000 construction jobs and generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes revenue for the counties.
