Community action/Ohio

Solar power in Ohio has been increasing, as the cost of photovoltaics has decreased. Ohio installed 10 MW of solar in 2015. Ohio adopted a net metering rule which allows any customer generating up to 25 kW to use net metering, with the kilowatt hour surplus rolled over each month, and paid by the utility once a year at the generation rate upon request. For hospitals there is no limit on size, but two meters are required, one for generation, the other for utility supplied power. As of March 2026, Ohio's installed solar passed 6,330 MW, marking a significant surge in solar capacity. Solar now produces 5.75% of the state's overall power generation.

In 2010, the 12 MW solar farm in Upper Sandusky was the largest solar farm in the state. It was surpassed by the 20MW DG AMP Solar Bowling Green farm, which was completed in January 2017. In December 2024, Fox Squirrel Solar came online in Madison County, generating 577 MWs and becoming the largest solar operation in the state. In 2025, construction began on Oak Run Solar Farm. This project will deliver up to 800 MWs in the coming years. It will also feature a 300 MW battery energy storage facility in Madison County. The Oak Run Solar project plans to implement an agrivoltaic program for grazing and crops. This will be the nation's largest and first of its kind utility scale solar energy plan for livestock and animal grazing. The Oak Run Solar Project will occupy approximately 4,400 acres.

The First Solar factory in Perrysburg can produce almost 600 MW of panels per year.

Costs have decreased to the point that the average consumer may save approximately $17,527 over a 20-year period by installing solar panels. Euclid's City Hall and library installed solar panels which are expected to save $25,000 over the next 15 years. The panels were installed at no cost to the city by Ohio Cooperative Solar, which is leasing the rooftops.

Wind power in Ohio has a long history. As of mid-2025, Ohio has more than 1,100 MW of installed wind generation capacity, with more than 437 MW planned to come online by the end of 2026.Ohio's first large wind farm, Timber Road II near Payne in northwest Ohio, opened on October 6, 2011. It was surpassed in June 2012 by the 304 MW Blue Creek Wind Farm.

The Evergreen Cooperatives are a connected American group of worker cooperatives in Cleveland. They are committed to local, worker-owned job creation; sustainable, green and democratic workplaces; and community economic development.

The Trimble Community Forest or Trimble Township Community Forest is a 1,200-acre (4.9 km²) forest preserve owned by the Appalachia Ohio Alliance, a land trust located in southeast Ohio. Formerly called Taylor Ridge, it was purchased in 2006 from the Sunday Creek Coal Company, and was formerly part of the Sunday Creek State Wildlife Area. The land has a long history of coal, oil, natural gas, and timber production. The AOA negotiated with the Trimble Township Trustees on its use before purchase. It is located in Athens County, Ohio, south of Ohio State Route 78, between Glouster, Ohio and Murray City, Ohio.

The forest is used as a land lab by nearby Trimble High School and Trimble Middle School. The land lab area is known as the Trimble Tomcat Environmental Learning Lab. The Ohio Division of Wildlife provides assistance to a local citizens committee that manages the forest.

Ohio ( oh-HY-oh) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Canadian province of Ontario to the north (through Lake Erie), Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest. Ohio is the 34th-largest state by area, at 44,825 sq mi (116,100 km²), and the seventh-most populous state, with a population of nearly 11.9 million. Its capital and most populous city is Columbus, with other major metropolitan cities including Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, Akron, and Toledo.