The Great Lakes are ideal for wind energy. So where is it?

As affordability issues surge, is it finally time for offshore wind?

Covering an area the size of the United Kingdom and surrounded by half a dozen large, energy-hungry metropolitan regions, the Great Lakes, surprisingly, boasts not a single offshore wind energy project. We know that the resource and the demand are there. But no offshore wind effort has ever taken off. Past efforts at a demonstration project called Icebreaker, slated for Lake Erie off the coast of Cleveland, fizzled out in 2023. In Ontario, which…

The Great Lakes are ideal for wind energy. So where is it?

Read the full story at Grist. There are no wind turbines on the Great Lakes — and it isn’t for lack of wind.  This titanic network of interconnected freshwater lakes with a surface area larger than New England, New York, and New Jersey combined is theoretically ideal for wind farms. Winds sweeping across the lakes … Continue reading The Great Lakes are ideal for wind energy. So where is it?