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Meanwhile Ohio has about 7GW/71,000 acres of solar projects in the application, construction or operational state with the Ohio Power Siting board.

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Of which only one site is operational and two are in construction. Given the amount of coal power due to be shutdown in Ohio in the next few years, it will be important to have these projects up and running quickly.

To put it into context, the approved solar projects (not yet operational or under construction) is ~ 2200 MW of power covering 23,000 acres. There are two major coal plants outside of Cincinnati that are due to be shutdown by 2027. Combined, they produce 2300 MW by themselves [1]. And that is just those two plants.

It is nice to see the shift, but we still have a way to go.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Ohio

Given the stakes, timelines and all of the possibilities for these projects to get sidelined or stalled, I’m surprised the development firms involved with these projects have done almost nothing to appeal to individuals that will be affected by them.

Can you explain what might happen if the solar projects aren't up and running in time?

Delays in constructing power plants are pretty common, but I'm not sure what the practical consequences are.

23,000 acres is 93km^2

I got a 404

Thanks for the heads up, i think i fixed it.

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