1. Hydropower has a future in
Bowling Green:
Other energy sources have not had the same success

2. Biodigesters
Photo Credit: Karin Dalziel; Flickr’s Creative Commons

3. What is it?
• The technology uses food and animal
waste to generate electricity

4. • A task force was established to look into the use
of biodigesters in Wood County in 2007,
according to an article in the Toledo Blade (link
to the article, as well as an additional article, are
below).
• A public forum took place that year, but
biodigesters have yet to be used in Wood
County
• The Board of County Commisioners was
contacted to question why biodigesters are not
currently being used, but they did not respond.
• Find out more here
• And here

5. Smaller wind turbines
Photo Credit: Bridget Mendyuk

6. • Chuck Codding (pictured), Laboratory
Design Engineer at Bowling Green State
University, attaches a wind turbine blade
to his patent low speed generator
• His design is lighter and more efficient
than previous design models, said
Codding.

7. Future of his patent
• While the university, which owns part of the
patent, was looking into selling the patent to an
unnamed company, a lack of funding has put the
project on hold since 2009, said Codding.
• Possible funding from a government grant could
get the project started again. Additionally, the
Environmental Action Group has been
petitioning to get Codding’s wind turbines up and
running around campus. They already have over
a thousand signatures, said Codding.