Ohio
Black Fork Wind Farm, Ohio
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Wind OPPOSITION: Crawford and Richland County residents PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: In August 2009, Black Fork Wind LLC submitted an application for a wind farm to be located in Richland and Crawford counties. The project, developed … Continue reading
Lima Energy IGCC Station, Ohio
STATUS: In progress, with opposition TYPE: Coal OPPOSITION: Sierra Club PROSPECTS: Unlikely BACKGROUND: In 2000, the developer proposed a 580 megawatt base load IGCC plant. It was approved by the Ohio Power Siting Board in 2002. The proposal was amended … Continue reading
Dominion Power’s Conneaut Coal Plant, Ohio
STATUS: Canceled TYPE: Coal OPPOSITION: Sierra Club, Co-op America PROSPECTS: Unlikely BACKGROUND: In 2002 the developer proposed a $1.5 billion 600 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Conneaut, Ohio. It apparently applied for an air permit in 2004, but the application … Continue reading
American Electric Power, Great Bend IGCC plant, Ohio
STATUS: Canceled TYPE: Coal OPPOSITION: Sierra Club, Meigs Citizens Action Now PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: In 2005, the developer filed applications for approval of an approximate 600 megawatt integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant in Meigs County, Ohio. In 2006, … Continue reading
American Municipal Power Generating Station, Ohio
STATUS: Canceled TYPE: Coal OPPOSITION: Earth First, Sierra Club, Ohio Environmental Council, Meigs Citizens Action Now!, Ohio Citizen Action, Natural Resources Defense Council, National Parks Conservation Council, Ohio Student Environmental Coalition, Mountain Justice Spring Break PROSPECTS: Unlikely BACKGROUND: In 2003, … Continue reading
Baard Energy, Coal-to-Liquids plant, OH
STATUS: In progress, with opposition TYPE: Coal OPPOSITION: Sierra Club, Natural Resource Defense Council PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: Baard Energy plans to develop a coal-to-liquids plant in Wellsville, Ohio at an estimated cost of $6 billion. The facility is designed to … Continue reading



