State board approves western Ohio wind farm

COLUMBUS (AP) — The state has approved a wind farm with 176 turbines and associated electric transmission facilities to be located in western Ohio.

The Scioto Ridge Wind Farm in Hardin and Logan counties will be capable of generating 300 megawatts of electricity and will include up to 60 miles of access roads, 83 miles of underground electric collection lines and four meteorological towers.

The farm could power up to 83,000 homes.

The Ohio Power Siting Board on Monday authorized Hardin Wind LLC, a subsidiary of EverPower Wind Holdings Inc., to construct the project on 17,000 acres of private land.

The siting board says the wind farm is associated with two additional projects involving the construction of a 4.8-mile long, 345-kilovolt transmission line and a 345-kilovolt substation in Hardin County.