In letters posted on LEEDCo's website, The Ohio Environmental Council, The Nature Conservancy, Environment Ohio, The Sierra Club, Mom's Clean Air Force, Ohio Interfaith Power & Light, and Earth Day Coalition praise Icebreaker as a responsible first step toward building a new clean energy industry in Ohio.

LEEDCo, a nonprofit organization, has a lease option with the state of Ohio for Lake Erie bottomlands located seven nautical miles (12.9km)