The government of Ontario says it halted offshore wind development to allow time for further scientific studies of its impacts on freshwater lakes, but the industry believes the move was taken with an eye on the high-stakes provincial election in the autumn. Uwe Roeper, president of Ortech Consulting, the engineer for the only offshore project to have received a contract under Ontario's feed-in tariff (FIT), notes mounting opposition to wind development in the province, as well as attacks on Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty's support of renewables."There's