Icebreaker Wind project halted, no plans to resurrect effort to put wind turbines in Lake Erie - cleveland.com
Icebreaker Wind project halted, no plans to resurrect effort to put wind turbines in Lake Erie - cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio – A pilot project to bring wind power to Lake Erie has been put on hold amid rising costs and other challenges that have delayed progress and dimmed its chances of success.
The Lake Erie Energy Development Corp., which several years ago seemed destined to achieve its goal to put six wind turbines in Lake Erie about eight miles off Cleveland, stated Friday it has “made the difficult decision to temporarily halt the Icebreaker Wind project.”
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