An Offshore Wind Farm on Lake Erie Moves Closer to Reality, but Will It Ever Be Built?
Icebreaker would be the first freshwater wind farm in North America. But after more than a decade, it is still jumping hurdles and polarizing environmental groups.
October 26, 2020
A boat passes one of wind turbines of the Block Island Wind Farm off the Rhode Island Coast on Oct. 14, 2016. Credit: Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images
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On the rare clear day, the wind farm’s turbines would stand offshore, resembling six matchsticks on the horizon.
If it is finally built off the coast of Cleveland, eight miles out in the shallow waters of Lake Erie, Icebreaker Wind would be the first freshwater offshore wind farm in North America. But the project, which has polarized Ohio’s environmental groups for more than a decade, is now inching toward unprecedented success and away from total defeat.
Ventolines expands in U S to provide offshore wind expertise on Mayflower Wind project
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The Dutch renewable energy consultants has also opened its first permanent US office in Boston.
Mayflower Wind is a joint venture of Shell New Energies and Ocean Winds, the global offshore wind collaboration between EDP Renewables and ENGIE.
The project is expected to generate enough clean electricity to power more than half a million Massachusetts homes when it comes onstream in 2025.
The project is using a Federal lease area about 30 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard and 23 miles south of Nantucket and has PPAs in place with Massachusetts utilities.
Ventolines’ director of contracting and construction Thibaut de Groen said: As America begins to catch up to Europe, we are proud to be part of the team bringing more wind farms and sustainable energy to the US.
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The POWER Interview: Ventolines’ Execs Discuss Offshore Wind
Ventolines, known for clean energy projects in Europe and for supervising installation of the first U.S. offshore wind turbines at Block Island off the Rhode Island coast, on Dec. 16 announced it will take a leading role on Mayflower Wind, an 804-MW project in the waters off Massachusetts.
Ventolines, headquartered in the Netherlands, also announced it has opened a U.S. office in Boston, Massachusetts. The company also has hired Lorry Wagner, well-known for promoting wind energy on Lake Erie.
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Dutch Group Expands Support of U.S. Offshore Wind
A European company considered a leader in the offshore wind sector has signed on to help develop a major project off the Massachusetts coast. Ventolines, a Dutch company that worked on the first commercial U.S. offshore wind project, on Dec. 16 announced it has opened a U.S. office and will support construction of the Mayflower Wind installation.
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