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Green Energy Ohio News Magazine
Vol 4 Issue 3
Fall 2011
Free copies of this magazine are available at all upcoming GEO events or you may download this Web-based version.[CLICK HERE]
To learn more about advertising opportunities in this exclusive, statewide renewable energy magazine. [CLICK HERE]
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7,000 copies distributed across Ohio!
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To take our 2010 Reader Survey for GEO News Magazine [CLICK HERE] |
**********Upcoming Events****************
Central Ohio Clean Energy Network Meeting:
Solar Education & Outreach at OSU
and World Renewable Energy Forum
Thursday, February 2, 2012, 7:30 am - 9:00 am
International Room, 4-H Center
The Ohio State University, 2201 Fred Taylor DrIve
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Ohio State University's Student Chapter of American Solar Energy Society (ASES) will present a discussion of its Solar Education & Outreach progress within the last year. Topics include the Chapter’s installation of solar panels in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, off campus solar housing, and plans for a return trip to Haiti. Speaking will be Robert Breetz, a member of Solar Education & Outreach and an Electrical Engineering student at Ohio State. Also, recently appointed to the ASES Board of Directors, GEO Executive Director, Bill Spratley, will review the plans for the World Renewable Energy Forum where the ASES 2012 National Solar Conference will be combined in Denver, Colorado on May 13-17 with the bi-annual World Renewable Energy Congress. GEOs and Public welcome to this FREE event. See more on GEO COCEN [CLICK HERE].
GEO Wind Energy Workshop
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Electro Expo 2012
I-X Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Join Green Energy Ohio for a Wind Energy Workshop covering wind energy topics across the State. Featured speakers include Jim O’Conner of Iberdrola Renewables who will discuss Blue Creek Wind Farm, Ohio's largest wind farm at 304 MW of installed capacity. Other topics include on-site wind energy generation, training opportunities in the wind energy industry, and incentives for the implementation of wind energy systems. The cost of the event is $35.00 ($28 for GEO members) to attend the full day, and $20.00 ($16.00 for GEO members) to attend half of the day. On-line registration with full workshop agenda coming soon.
The GEO Workshop is held in conjunction with the March 20-22 Electro Expo 2012, a trade show and educational conference showcasing electrical, lighting, data communications, and green energy products and services. The exhibit hall features over 300 manufacturers displaying cutting-edge products and services and is free and open to the public. There will also be free and some fee-based educational seminars on topics like power, green technology, lighting, datacom and government incentives. See Expo details [CLICK HERE].
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********New Ohio Energy Loan Fund *********
Ohio Department of Development
Launches New Energy Financing
The Energy Loan Fund was launched by the Ohio Dept. of Development
on December 15, 2011 to provide low-cost financing to manufacturers, small businesses, public entities, and nonprofit organizations for energy-saving projects. Using more than $7 million in state funds administered by ODOD's Office of Energy the loan fund will invest in energy retrofits and onsite distributed generation projects that allow customers to manage their energy costs. See ODOD website details [CLICK HERE] and January 7, 2012 Columbus Dispatch article [CLICK HERE].
********New on GEO Web Site*********
Utility-Scale Wind Energy
Development in Ohio
Ohio has one wind farm on-line and one wind farm under construction in northwest Ohio! Nine more farms are approved for construction, for a total potential capacity of 1,051 MW! CLICK HERE to learn more about utility-scale wind energy development in Ohio.
GEO Presents at Seneca County Planning Commission Annual Meeting
Emily Sautter, Wind Program Manager at Green Energy Ohio was the featured speaker at the Seneca Regional Planning Commission Annual Meeting on January 19, 2012 at Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio. See news coverage of this event in Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune [CLICK HERE] and Fostoria Review Times [CLICK HERE].
*********GEO Year in Review *********
Mainstreaming Green Energy in 2011 Looking at some of the 2011 highlights, GEO thanks its hundreds of members, volunteers, partners and funders who helped expand Ohio's green energy market with educational events and activities [CLICK HERE].
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