Ohio

From Hawaii banning fossil fuels to Kentucky outlawing floating solar PV, these 10 energy bills are worth watching in 2021

The bills would allow local elected officials to require a vote on projects set to be developed within a township.

The Energy Department said the U.S. is in a period of “tremendous advancement in battery technologies, presenting new opportunities for electric vehicles and energy storage systems.”

The controversial legislation looks to ban the development and construction of new solar and wind farms greater than 50 MW in capacity in the Buckeye State for the next three years

Just a year removed from the passing of the state’s controversial House Bill 6, legislation has been introduced that would halt the development and buildout of large-scale renewable projects for up to three years.

Also in the brief: Ohio bill would ban new large solar and wind projects for up to three years

Also in the morning brief: America’s largest solar project coming to Northeast Texas… and C2 Energy Capital has purchased California’s largest floating solar project from Ciel & Terre

Also in the brief: The first of presumably many items on solar-powered turkey farms.

A number of important clean energy initiatives were on the ballot across the country: Boulder, Colorado’s effort to form a municipal utility, Denver’s clean-energy-focused sales tax increase — plus one major utility in Wisconsin’s unprecedented commitment to solar.