The Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo) announced that it has reached an agreement with the staff of the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) regarding the construction and operation of its Icebreaker Wind energy project. The six-turbine Icebreaker, which would be the first freshwater offshore wind energy installation in North America, would be located eight…

Clean wind power has its obvious environmental benefits. But a unique partnership between developers of the first freshwater wind energy project in North America and some of the nation’s leading research organizations will further protect and improve the health of Lake Erie. As a result, the research will also be used to help ecosystems across…

An offshore wind energy project proposed for installation eight miles off the coast of downtown Cleveland has moved forward due to a required construction permit approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Army Corps administers and enforces provisions of the Rivers and Harbors Act and the Clean Water Act. The approval came after more than…

An exhaustive and thorough federal review of the proposed Icebreaker Lake Erie wind energy project that spanned more than two years found no significant environmental impacts. The report states that the project would not significantly affect migratory birds. The U.S. Department of Energy conducted the review in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,…

By Craig Walker Contributor A public hearing on Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation’s (LEEDCo) Icebreaker Wind project was held in July at Cleveland City Hall Council Chambers before the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB). Icebreaker Wind is the first proposed freshwater wind farm in North America, about 8 to 10 miles off the coast of…

Ohio’s proposed Icebreaker offshore wind energy project for Lake Erie has met another government requirement that lets promoters of the project continue to move forward toward implementation. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued a Section 401 water-quality certificate of approval for the project, confirming that Icebreaker complies with federal standards relating to water pollution.…

North America’s first freshwater offshore wind project took a major step forward last Friday when the Ohio Power Siting Board re-commenced the review of its application and set the schedule for a second local public hearing on July 19, 2018 in Cleveland. The Board had paused the entire process in late October 2017 to study the methodology for…

The manager for Project Icebreaker, the wind farm slated for offshore of Cleveland, held an open house recently so interested parties could see the progress and quiz those involved with the many surveys and report necessary.

Icebreaker Wind Ohio’s took a major step forward in bringing its offshore wind turbine demonstration project to reality with the issuance of a letter by the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) finding that Icebreaker Windpower’s application for a permit to construct North America’s first freshwater offshore wind project is now in compliance and ready to be…

This “Cleveland Blue Sky” is already a reality in Europe; home to $16 billion per year in offshore wind investment and 95,000 jobs.

Icebreaker Wind will be the first freshwater offshore wind farm in North America and only the second offshore wind farm in the US.

Recently at a ballroom in a Cleveland Holiday Inn, some nearly 300 invited company representatives showed up to offer their services to the Great Lakes project manager of Icebreaker Wind, slated for Lake Erie.

The Icebreaker offshore project developer plans to modify regional barges in response to vessel supply challenges on the giant St. Lawrence River.

Cleveland’s AT&F is first-to-market in fabricating steel foundations for Lake Erie wind project. The potential for offshore wind power generation in the U.S. is staggering. At a projected 4,223 gigawatts of electric generating potential (with the Ohio waters of Lake Erie alone accounting for more than 50 GW of that power), offshore wind offers a…

The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) recently began a comprehensive geotechnical investigation of the soils under Lake Erie where they plan to install six Mono Bucket foundations for the Icebreaker offshore wind project. LEEDCo will test the soil and collect samples at each of the six locations, the same type of tests that are…

Ask most people about the U.S. offshore wind industry and they think of the recently-launched Block Island project and eastern ports in New York City, Norfolk, and Charleston. But those aren’t the only U.S. projects making progress. For instance, there is a wind project in Lake Erie, and ports along the Great Lakes are participating…

The U.S. offshore wind industry has finally launched with the first few foundations for the Block Island wind farm south of Rhode Island. While many eyes watch the construction there, a dedicated team is quietly making progress with an offshore wind farm a lot closer to the Midwest: The Icebreaker wind farm off the coast…

Editor’s note: Genie81 made these comments in response to our early coverage of the Lake Erie Icebreaker offshore wind project. At the time, the project was in its infancy. Little information was available. Thanks to LeedCo VP of operations David Karpinski, a planner on the Icebreaker project, we are now better prepared to answer the…

The Lincoln Electric Company is holding its Wind Energy Seminar next week on Wednesday, August 5th in Cleveland, Ohio. The event is a free, one day-only event. However, registration is required. Topics of the seminar include: Updates and trends for U.S. wind power Lake Erie Offshore Wind Project: history and current events Maximizing weld toughness for multi-pass…