Icebreaker

The Great Lakes Oceans of Opportunity

June 01, 2017

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The Great Lakes Opportunity
The Great Lakes, Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie & Ontario
are the largest surface fresh water system on earth,
comprising 20% of the world's fresh water and 90% of the U.S.
supply.

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A Perspective on Relative Size

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Great Lakes Coastline vs East Coast

The coastlines
of the Great
Lakes far exceed
the East
Coastlines

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Another Perspective on Relative Size

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Center of the U.S. OSW Universe

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The Lakes Have the Resource

742 GW
Total Offshore Wind
Potential

46 GW
In Ohio Waters of
Lake Erie Alone

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Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratories
A Very Competitive Opportunity

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The Grid and O&M
7 major substations on Lake Erie, 345 kV interconnect
Over 2+ GW capacity available due to retired coal/nuke plants
Icebreaker substation in Cleveland, former 80MW generation plant

Icebreaker

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Great Lakes New York Has the Grid

Lake Ontario

Lake Erie

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Supply Chain & Lake Erie Ports

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Five Major Ports for Offshore Wind
Cleveland, Ashtabula, & Conneaut in Ohio
Erie in Pennsylvania
Buffalo in New York

Lake Erie

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Ohio - Cleveland Port

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Ohio - Ashtabula Port

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Ohio - Conneaut Port

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Ohio Port Logistics

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Significant Public Support

I pledge to buy a portion of

my electricity from Icebreaker,
the Great Lakes first offshore
wind project.

I want this premium source of

electricity and would be
willing to pay an additional
$__ per month

$12.72 60%
Average Willingness
to Pay per Month
Sign-up Rate

7,913
Pledges Overall

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Ohio Analysis for Offshore Wind

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Leading the U.S. Industry

1st
Freshwater Offshore Wind Project in North America

2nd
Offshore Wind Project in North America

1 of 2
U.S. DOE Demonstration Projects - $50.7 Million

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Project Icebreaker Data

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Turbine Elevations

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Bathymetry

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 Dave Karpinski
dkarpinski@leedco.org
216-533-3725
Lorry Wagner, Ph.D.
lwagner@leedco.org 23