The greening of America's red state, underway in the Sun Belt-bsp-bb-link>, is now accelerating in the Midwest. Ohio and Indiana — two Republican-led U.S. states long dependent on coal power — are on the brink of a solar boom so staggering that their respective builds between now and 2027 may have to match them of Nevada and followed only by those of California and Texas.
Developers are expected to install 15 gigawatts worth of new solar panels in the two states, enough to power about 12 million households. This is even as Ohio has moved to slow, if not block, renewable energy projects.
No Republican members of Congress — a team that includes…
