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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Buoys out in Lake Erie have been tracking wind speed, water temperature, air temperature, wave height and more for several years. A new buoy with better, higher technology was deployed on May 2, 2019 at the proposed site for Icebreaker. This buoy includes a high-definition webcam.
Please click on the link for buoy information and webcam. https://glbuoys.glos.us/45169
Icebreaker Wind Supply Chain Opportunities
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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.
Read more at Renewables Now
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
