Developer takes regional approach with Lake Erie project

Entrepreneur Jeffrey DiLaura wants to develop a 2.52GW wind farm in the shallow US waters of Lake Erie, looking to straddle three states to leverage the best resources and achieve economies of scale.

The project, Lake Erie Alternative Power (Leap), envisages the placement of 700 turbines in clusters off Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.

It would be built in stages, with later phases including related infrastructure that would add up to 300MW in generating capacity from hydrokinetic and solar energy, according to DiLaura.

He has signed a letter of intent with Siemens for the 3.6MW wind turbines. As part of any potential deal, the German company agreed to investigate the feasibility of local production, assembly and supply-chain facilities in the Great Lakes Log in to read complete article.

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