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First studies encouraging on Lake Erie wind turbines
Lake Erie's wind, geology and habitat can accommodate towering wind turbines, new studies from a local energy task force say.
Cuyahoga County officials this week rolled out the first three reports from their $1 million study of a grand vision -- erecting two to 10 wind turbines in the lake off Cleveland's shore. ...Turbine noise and vibration could disturb fish, the study said. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources also cautioned that federal rules might require security zones around the towers, diverting recreational fishing and boating.
September 29, 2008
by Tom Breckenridge
in Plain Dealer Reporter
Lake Erie's wind, geology and habitat can accommodate towering wind turbines, new studies from a local energy task force say.
Cuyahoga County officials this week rolled out the first three reports from their $1 million study of a grand vision -- erecting two to 10 wind turbines in the lake off Cleveland's shore.
The studies "show no deal breakers yet," said Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason, chairman of the Great Lakes Energy Development Task Force.
The public-private group proposes erecting the turbines as icons of an emerging alternative-energy industry for Northeast Ohio.
The pilot project -- with turbines spinning three to... [continue via Web link]
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