Energy & Utilities : Buzz

America's Natural Gas Alliance will host the "Think About Energy Summit" at the Columbus Convention Center on September 16-17. This free event will feature national and local experts discussing how natural gas is changing our nation’s energy landscape.

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A mix of organic-rich shale and sandstone rock above the Marcellus formation, first tapped for natural gas in the early 1800s, is once again gaining the attention of exploration and production companies operating in both Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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Regional economic development efforts across Northeast Ohio continued to spur growth for the region’s economy in the second quarter of 2013 by attracting five organizations into the region – including Daisy Brand LLC and GE Oil and Gas, Inc. – and facilitating the expansion and/or retention of eight others, reports the Q2 2013 Regional Economic Development Report released by Team NEO.

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Avon Lake residents may soon be able to harvest a portion of their home’s energy from the offshore winds of Lake Erie.

The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo), a regional economic development corporation started in 2009, was granted $4 million from the Department of Energy and an additional $1 million from private partners in December to spur an offshore freshwater wind pilot project that called for the manufacturing of five to nine wind turbines placed in Lake Erie, seven miles off the coast of Cleveland.

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