Lake Erie Energy Development Corp

Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo), an economic development corporation, is a private, nonprofit enterprise representing Northern Ohio's public interests in offshore wind. Founded in 2009 as a result of the work of the Great Lakes Energy Development Task Force, LEEDCo is leading the community's efforts to build, install, and deploy an initial 20 megawatt (MW) offshore wind pilot project near Cleveland in Lake Erie. With installation targeted for 2012, the deployment is the first step toward the goal of stimulating the eventual installation of 1,000 MW of wind capacity in the Ohio waters of Lake Erie by 2020. Momentum from the pilot project, being the first region in North America with a freshwater offshore wind farm, will supplement the current and catalyze the potential economic growth in Ohio.