Offshore Wind Wire

Ohio Politicians Tout Lake Erie for Nation’s First Freshwater Wind Farm

By Peter Brennan Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced today that he has proposed a new piece of legislation aimed at installing a large scale offshore wind farm off the shores of Lake Erie. Brown’s legislation, titled The Program for Offshore Wind Energy Research and Development (POWERED) Act of 2010, would spur research on potential offshore wind projects, [...]

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Ohio Project Will Seek Environmental Study Contractor

An Ohio task force will issue a request for proposals January 21 for environmental studies on a proposed Lake Erie offshore wind project. The Great Lakes Energy Development Task Force, part of the Cuyahoga County government, aims to have regulatory issues resolved by the end of 2010 and a project built by 2013, according to Steven [...]

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