Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation is a public-private nonprofit partnership devoted to catalyzing the offshore wind industry in the Great Lakes Region.
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Icebreaker Wind appeals Ohio Power Siting Board ruling
Lake Erie wind turbine developers apply for rehearing and reconsideration of Board's fatal May 21 ruling, saying board stepped outside its statutory authority and violated Ohio law
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US gives USD 28m in federal grants for wind R&D
The U.S. Department of Energy is funding $28 million in wind energy projects, with the largest part of that - up to $10 million - going to LEEDCo and the University of Maine. LEEDCo will use its portion of the money to deploy innovative sensing technologies for tracking bird activity near wind turbines.
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Icebreaker Wind
The first offshore wind project in the Great Lakes.
- The first freshwater offshore wind project in North America
- A Department of Energy Advanced Technology Offshore Wind Demonstration Project
- 20.7 MW offshore wind farm: 6 x V126-3.45 MW Vestas turbines
- Located 8 miles offshore of Cleveland, Ohio in Lake Erie
