Office of Coastal Management
105 West Shoreline Drive
Sandusky, OH 44870
419-626-7980
1-888-OhioCMP
Fax: 419-626-7983
coastal@dnr.state.oh.us

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Lake Erie

Wind Energy Rules

In coordination with our coastal partners within the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and other agencies, the Office of Coastal Management (OCM) is in the process of drafting Ohio Administrative Code rules for the placement of Lake Erie wind-powered electrical generation facilities.

• Summary of Draft Rules
• PDF of Draft Rules
• Wind Energy Web Links    
• Rule Development Process and Public Comments by Date 
• Submit your name and contact information to be placed on an "interested parties" list.  

This updated Wind Turbine Placement Favorability Analysis Map (v1.5) was prepared by the ODNR Office of Coastal Management and posted on May 12, 2009. For map inquires and data, please contact Brian George.

• Download a low-resolution PDF file of the above map (5.83 Mb PDF)
• Wind Turbine Placement Favorability Analysis Map Methodology Narratives: Explanation of the Grid System and Study Region, Limiting Factors and Weighting System. (156 Kb PDF)

• To illustrate the potential limiting and restrictive factors for wind turbine placement in Lake Erie, the thematic data layers used to develop the Wind Turbine Placement Favorability Analysis Map (v1.5) have been mapped separately by topic. Map thumbnails are found on the right side of this WebPage and listed by name here. Each map/map name links to a low-resolution (100dpi) PDF map. Higher resolution maps can be obtained by contacting the ODNR Office of Coastal Management.
  
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Summary of Draft Rules

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A summary of the draft Ohio Administrative Code rules will be prepared and posted when the rules are complete.

Wind Energy Links

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• Ohio Coastal Management Program
  

  • Chapter 5 - ISSUE AREA: Energy and Mineral Resources

    POLICY 34 - ENERGY FACILITY SITING
    POLICY 35 - ENERGY RESOURCE STORAGE AND TRANSSHIPMENT

  • Chapter 10 - Energy Facility Planning Process

• ODNR Division of Wildlife - Wildlife and Wind Energy
  • Keith Lott, Wind Energy Wildlife Biologist (419-433-4601)
  • Links to related ODNR Division of Wildlife documents:
    • Voluntary Cooperative Agreement
    • On-shore Monitoring Protocols – final version
    • Wind Wildlife Map

• Ohio Department of Development - Wind Power in Ohio
• Ohio Power Siting Board
  • Rules for Certification of Electric Generation Wind Facilities

• U.S. Department of Energy: Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
  • NREL Wind & Hydropower Technologies Program
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services - Wind Energy Development
  • Megan Seymour, Fish & Wildlife Biologist (614-416-8993 x16)
     
• Report of the Michigan Great Lakes Wind Council (Sept. 1, 2009)
• National Wind Coordinating Collaborative
• American Wind Energy Association
• Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies - Wind Power and Wildlife
• Great Lakes Wind Collaborative (Great Lakes Commission)
• Great Lakes Energy Development Task Force (Cuyahoga County)
  • Great Lakes Wind Energy Center Feasibility Study Final Report released April 2009 (14.16 MB - will take a few minutes to download)

• Ohio Wind Working Group
  • Offshore Wind
• Cuyahoga County Energy Task Force (Green City Blue Lake)

Rule Development Process & Public Comments by Date

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