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Unions are demonstrating outside of the Blossom Solar Project's worksite after the hiring of non-union workers. The demonstrations have been met with hostility from some employees.

Madison County Commissioners voted two to one to pursue legal counsel to appeal the Oak Run solar project to the Ohio Supreme Court.

Chestnut Solar was supposed to be a 400-acre solar project about four miles southeast of downtown Marion in Pleasant Township.

More than 80 people who didn't get a chance to speak at an April meeting for Frasier Solar are allotted time in the meetings, which are scheduled to happen May 23 and May 29.

The proposed solar project has amassed supporters and opponents, including one seemingly well-funded opposition group that won’t disclose who is backing it.

The Ohio Power Siting Board approved Oak Run in Madison County after elected officials, advocacy groups and residents weighed in on the utility-scale solar power farm.

Drenda Keesee won the nomination for her seat with about 40% of the vote. She said she believes her opposition to solar farms resonated with voters.

At the center of the debate is Frasier Solar, a would-be 120 megawatt solar farm, located mostly in Knox County's Miller and Clinton townships.

National rankings put Ohio in the middle of the pack for solar energy, but some projections anticipate solar power growing rapidly in Ohio and the Midwest in the coming years.

In the effort to transition to renewable energy across the country, large solar projects—as well as panels on individual homes—are now commonplace. How is this transition being regulated?