American Municipal Power-Ohio Inc. adding hydroelectric plants along Ohio River

December 4, 2008 · Filed Under Electric Power · 1 Comment 

HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — Many decades ago, cost-conscious Henry Ford turned to hydroelectric plants to power his car factories like the one by the Great Miami River, near this Cincinnati suburb. That assembly plant is long gone, but the power plant and the technology behind it isn’t. Read More.

AMP is preparing to construct five hydroelectric power plants at existing dams along the Ohio River (see map), totaling an overall investment of nearly $2 billion.


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