Wind Power Sucks - In This Case

Offshore wind turbines present complex technical problems.  This is a solution that could allow the Great Lakes to be a major energy complex.

Over the next three years, the relationship between LEEDCo and Fred.Olsen Renewables has blossomed into a business project called Icebreaker, which will result in six wind turbines located about eight miles northwest of Cleveland, in 60-foot-deep Lake Erie waters, cranking out 20 megawatts of electricity by the fall of 2018.

Icebreaker is still only a pilot project at this point in terms of size, but Olsen has indicated this will be the entry point into the U.S. market for offshore wind energy in the Great Lakes and American waters.