1 year later, offshore wind power in the Great Lakes remains just an aspiration for some

One year after the proposed Icebreaker Wind demonstration project in Lake Erie got shelved, there continues to be talk — but little movement — toward erecting commercial-scale offshore wind turbines in the Great Lakes.

During an hourlong webinar last week, Cora Sutherland, interim assistant director of the Center for Water Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, provided listeners with an overview of some differences between planning for offshore projects in the oceans and the Great Lakes as well as a summary of a recent National Science Foundation-funded workshop that explored the potential in the Great Lakes. READ MORE

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