On Tuesday January 26, 2010 Ohio's Governor Ted Strickland formally addressed the State in his fourth "State-of-the-State Address". At the height of his agenda was Ohio's commitment to advanced energy.

"I believe in Ohio because we have made a commitment to advanced energy and we are seeing results.

When I took office Ohio had the nation's weakest advanced energy standard for electricity production. Today, Ohio has the nation?s seventh most aggressive standard.

In 2007, not one drop of ethanol was produced in Ohio. Today, four ethanol facilities in Ohio are producing 295 million gallons annually.

In renewable and advanced energy manufacturing projects, Ohio now ranks first among the 50 states.

The Council of State Governments scoured the nation to tally the total number of new green jobs created last year. And what did they find? Ohio ranks first.

We've made it this far, this fast on advanced energy because we pursued smart, responsible policies and we made smart, responsible investments. Two years ago, Ohio was one of the first states to respond to the international economic crisis with a bipartisan jobs bill that made key investments in several high growth industries, including a 150 million dollar commitment to advanced energy.

And now quasar energy group is building an anaerobic digester in Franklin County. The facility will keep waste product from farms, food companies and elsewhere out of landfills and transform it into fuel and fertilizer. . . "

for a full transcript of the State-of-the-State go to Ohio Governor Ted Strickland's Website.