PD: Lake Erie wind turbines will be built by 2017, says LEEDCo [View all]

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http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/08/lake_erie_wind_turbines_by_201.html

The project will create about 500 temporary jobs, but is the first step toward building hundreds, or even thousands, of turbines in the Lake.

The company is holding an open house from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at the Cleveland Convention Center, 300 Lakeside Ave. to unveil the details of its project "Icebreaker" and to ask consumers who support it to sign a "power pledge."

U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Mayor Frank Jackson will talk about the pledge. LEEDCo president Lorry Wagner and others will give a detailed update.

LEEDCo is currently funded by a $4 million U.S. Department of Energy grant and is preparing to compete for a second grant, this one more than $46 million, to complete the project.

One can fill out a "power pledge pdf" : http://media.cleveland.com/business_impact/other/The%20Power%20Pledge%20Sheet.pdf