offshore lake wind power

Ocean, gulf offshore power meet offshore lake power. Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio are all looking to offshore wind in the Great Lakes. How does lake based offshore wind create new challenges? In the north- ice. But also it’s harder to get equipment into a lake than to get a cargo ship into the ocean. Michigan is starting a lake based offshore wind power pilot program to generate 150 megawatts of power online by 2030.

Route Fifty | Offshore Wind in the Midwest? Some Great Lakes Leaders Think So.