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At World Renewable Energy Forum in Denver
GEO's Bill Spratley Receives ASES Award
On May 15, 2012 at the Gala Awards Banquet, Green Energy Ohio Executive Director Bill Spratley will be honored to receive the American Solar Energy Society's prestigious Charles Greeley Abbot Award for his dedication to education resulting in widespread knowledge of renewable energy and energy efficiency to both businesses and individuals. See details [CLICK HERE].
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GEO 12th Annual Meeting
Building Ohio’s Renewable Energy Future
On May 5, 2012 at the Mound Advanced Technology Center at Miamisburg, Ohio, the 12th Annual Meeting of GEO attracted 75 attendees. Championing environmental and economic policies and practices for the past twelve years, Green Energy Ohio presented Building Ohio’s Renewable Energy Future featuring expert speakers on sustainable energy, GEO Annual Recognition Awards, 2011 GEO Annual Report, Lunch, and Trade Show. At this statewide networking opportunity, the featured presentation described Ohio's largest investment in 2011 - Iberdrola's Blue Creek Wind Farm (on GEO Magazine Cover Above). See more details [CLICK HERE].
Webinar: A Closer Look at Utility-Scale Wind Siting Issues: Sound, Visual, & Property Value Impacts
March 23, 2012
CLICK HERE for links to the presentations delivered for this past webinar on the topic of utility-scale wind energy siting issues. Charles Newcomb, Wind Technology Deployment Supervisor with Wind Powering America discussed key issues of utility-scale wind development and mitigation strategies by manufacturers and developers to minimize or avoid impact to the project area. Ben Hoen, from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), gave a summary of methods and results from the LBNL report; The Impact of Wind Power Projects on Residential Property Values in the United States: A Multi Site Hedonic Analysis.
GEO Wind Energy Workshop
March 22, 2012
Electro Expo 2012, I-X Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Green Energy Ohio's Wind Energy Workshop covered wind energy topics across the State. Featured speakers included Jim O’Connor of Iberdrola Renewables who discussed the 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. Presentations coming soon on the Workshop AGENDA [CLICK HERE]. The GEO Workshop was held in conjunction with the March 20-22 Electro Expo 2012.
Webinar: Understanding Utility-Scale Wind Issues and
Making Informed Decisions
March 8, 2012
CLICK HERE for for a link to download the speaker's presentation. This was Green Energy Ohio's first of two 2012 webinars on the topic of utility-scale wind energy siting issues. Emily Sautter, Wind Program Manager for Green Energy Ohio discussed introductory information on wind siting issues such as economics, visual impacts, sound and health, wildlife, and property values; identify what information sources are reliable; and provide references for more information on each of the issues
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Ohio's Renewable Energy Installers
A directory of Photovoltaic and Wind Energy Installers/Integrators
2011 Green Energy Ohio Tour
2010 Ohio Solar Tour 2009 Ohio Solar Tour
GEO YouTube Video Ohio Governor's Solar PV
GEO Podcasts Progressive Field Solar PV
Energize Ohio - EE & RE Incentives
Check out Solar Maps @ NREL, Calculators @ PVWatts
Check out Interactive Wind Maps from Ohio Power Siting Board's Web site @
Ohio Wind Resources Map
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Green Energy Ohio is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting environmentally and economically sustainable energy polices and practices in Ohio. GEO is the Ohio Chapter of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES).
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- May 13-17, 2012 World Renewable Energy Forum
- Real Science. Real Solutions. Real World.
Denver, Colorado
For the very first time, the American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Conference will be held under the same roof with the biennial World Renewable Energy Congress. The combined event is the World Renewable Energy Forum 2012. The conference will draw prominent speakers and technical presentations from universities, renewable energy laboratories, installations and industries around the world. WREF 2012 will examine how renewable energy technologies address the world’s economic, environmental and security challenges at every scale, from off-grid villages to gigawatt power plants. See More [CLICK HERE]
*****Green Energy Across Ohio*******
Earthkeeping Summit
Ohio Interfaith Power & Light
Saturday, March 31, 2012 Columbus, Ohio
CLICK HERE for presentations, including "Green Energy Across Ohio" by Bill Spratley, GEO Executive Director
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].
GEO's First & Next Decades of
Advanced Green Energy
See GEO 10th Anniversary Celebration on May 15, 2010 at Ohio State University! Check out our speakers, presentations and list of GEO's Decade of Non-Profit Service [CLICK HERE
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