The General Assembly in House Bill (HB) 483 is proposing to extend the setback requirement from 925 feet (282 meters) to a minimum 1,300 feet from inhabited residential structures. AWEA claims the new requirements would be among the strictest in the US.
The bill revises those requirements to apply to a turbine’s distance from property lines, not just homes, making it impossible to cost-effectively site any further wind farms in Ohio, according to AWEA.
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