There's been a raft of articles about advanced and renewable energy issues in recent days. Here are some highlights:
Columbus Business First detailed, in this article, the efforts of State Sen. Chris Widener (R-Springfield) to enact a bill that would allow renewable energy developers to pay an annual fee on their power-generating capacity rather than the state's more onerous tangible personal property tax on machinery and equipment owned by public utilities.
The Columbus Dispatch had a brief piece on U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown's efforts to strike a balance between business and environmental concerns as the state tries to refashion itself as a leader in clean energy.
The (Toledo) Blade is running a three-part series about what it is characterizing as the state's failure to capitalize on Northwest Ohio's strengths in the solar industry. Part one is here. Part two is here.