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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.