$2.1M in funding for Wind Center

The Ohio Third Frontier Commission and Advisory Board has approved a $2.1 million in funding for the creation of a Wind Energy Research Development Center. The center will be located at Stark State College of Technology.

The college, Timken Co., Stark Development Board Inc. and the Stark County Port Authority will be collaborating on the project. The awards are contingent upon funding from the Ohio Air Quality Development Authority.

The new research center will be a test facility for wind turbines. The facility will be able to test and assemble full-scale systems under real world applications and environmental conditions.

With help from the Ohio Third Frontier, Stark State College and Timken will invest upwards of $8 million for the project. The creation of the facility is expected to birth 57 part-time and eight full time jobs.