Ohio Governor Ted Strickland has announced two new initiatives designed to bolster the Buckeye State’s green economy. Clean energy companies that manufacture components for the wind, solar and biomass industries and provide green jobs training for their employees are now eligible to apply for the state’s new Energizing Careers Program. The $6 million ARRA funded program “will reimburse the cost of training up to $6,000 for full-time employees, with preferential project funding to companies located in the 44 Ohio counties impacted by the restructuring of the auto industry.” More information on the program and how to apply be found on the
website of the Governor’s Workforce Policy Advisory Board.
Strickland also just signed into law SB 232, a bill providing for the elimination of “Ohio's tangible personal property tax and real taxes on generation for advanced energy project facilities that begin construction before January 1, 2012, produce energy by 2013 (or 2017 for nuclear, clean coal and cogeneration projects) and create Ohio jobs.”
Click here to read the full press release issued by Governor Stickland's office
Governor Strickland talks about verticle wind turbines during a
Specialty Services, Inc. visit in Oberlin, Friday, May 28.
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