Kaptur Statement on BP/Facebook Meta Solar Field Announcement

Fulton County Site Will Produce Enough Solar Energy to Power 20,000 homes

“At the beginning of this new year of 2023, what a positive beginning BP and META’s new solar energy investment of more than $70 million in northwest Ohio represents. Hundreds of new jobs will be created by future clean power systems produced and installed on our home turf. Congratulations to BP and META for investing in Lake Erie’s backyard and to First Solar whose solar panels have been selected for the project. We live in a sustainable region of earth and are privileged to witness and partner to hasten American progress.

“This consequential 1000 acre, 107 megawatt development producing renewable energy in our region recalls for me that Thomas Alva Edison, the father of modern energy, was born in our region and his idea transformed our world. With this major announcement —our region proves once again, Ohio scientists, inventors, and business leaders lead America and the world by capturing the future.  Literally, First Solar is inventing and manufacturing the future of energy and American energy independence—a security imperative. 

“Though the State of Ohio officially has continued to lag in its support for renewable energy, our Great Lakes region has distinguished itself by propelling energy innovation forward. America must win energy security across all energy sectors. The advancement of new technologies such as advanced solar will power our way of life into the future.

“Locating this energy producing platform in Fulton County, which I hold so close to my heart,  is appropriate. The industrious people of Fulton County clearly understand the power of the earth and the sun. With ready partners at First Solar,  BP, and META, all of us hold the privilege of witnessing American progress being achieved right here northwest Ohio at the dawn of the new clean energy age.”

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