OFFSHORE WIND PUSHES AHEAD ON LAKE ERIE

US Offshore Wind Energy Potential Is Staggering

Joshua S. Hill, January 13, 2015 (Clean Technica)

“…The US has a projected 4,223 GW worth of offshore wind generating potential — with 50 GW from the Ohio waters of Lake Erie alone…The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation was founded in 2009 to initially build wind turbines in Lake Erie…Lake Erie claims that Europe has at least 80 offshore projects in operation or under construction, compared to [none in] the US…Freshwater offshore wind is an interesting proposition, however, and compared to Europe’s primarily sea-based offshore development, America has a number of potential sites almost-purpose built for freshwater offshore wind…Enter Lake Erie’s ‘Icebreaker’ demonstration project. Consisting of six wind turbines off the coast of Cleveland, Icebreaker will help the company begin what it hopes is a large offshore wind industry in Ohio and the Great Lakes region…[T]he Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) isn’t looking overseas for manufacturing components…[but] is building its own US supply chain.” click here for more

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