Icebreaker could, technically, be resurrected, should a new source of funding appear. But Friedman doubts that the project, in its current form, will ever be built. “Too much time went by,” he said. “That’s part of the whole story of the demise. When you begin planning and designing something many, many years ago, technology changes during that time frame. Costs change. And you get to the point where you almost have to start over.” As for Illinois, Evans refrained from offering an estimate of when a wind farm could be built, saying at this point it’s hard to know.