$3.7M loan earmarked to power wind hub
Confident that the large wind-farm projects pending in Ohio will win state approval, Hardin County officials say they have positioned their region to be the center of it all.
Hardin County commissioners and the Ohio Department of Development announced yesterday that a $3.7 million stimulus loan will help pay for a distribution center for massive wind-turbine parts expected to roll into Ohio.
The State Controlling Board still must approve the loan, which eventually will be forgiven if certain conditions are met.
The hub will be built along short-line railroad tracks just outside the village of Dunkirk near Rt. 81, about 75 miles northwest of Columbus.
By Holly Zachariah
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
9 December 2009
Tags: Wind power, Wind energy
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