The greening of red state America, underway in the Sun Belt, is now accelerating in the Midwest. Ohio and Indiana – two Republican-led US states long dependent on coal power – are on the verge of going solar-farm The boom is so impressive that their respective builds between now and 2027 may match those of Nevada and trail only 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 prevent, renewable energy projects.
