Study: Ohio attracts $1.3B in clean-energy investment

COLUMBUS — Ohio has become a clean-energy leader nationally, but a recently instituted freeze on mandates could hamper future growth in the industry, according to a report released by a nonpartisan nonprofit group today.

The Pew Charitable Trusts’ “Clean Economy Rising” noted in its report the state has already “attracted $1.3 billion in private clean energy investment from 2009-13,” with billions more anticipated over the next decade.

Lynn Abramson, a senior associate with Pew’s Clean Energy Initiative, said the state also ranks first in the country in the number of facilities making wind components, second in solar production and sixth in private investment in industrial energy efficiency.

But companies are shifting their attention to other states, thanks to a freeze on renewable and energy-efficiency mandates instituted last year and uncertainty over related state policies to be adopted over the next couple of years.

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