Laboratory testing will be conducted by a Case Western Reserve University team led by David Zeng, chair of the department of civil engineering. The engineering work will be led by Offshore Design Engineering, a United Kingdom company that has designed and installed several European offshore wind turbines.
Two organizations will help LEEDCo design the turbines to withstand Lake Erie ice: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory of Hanover, N.H., and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Geological analysis work will be done by Sound and Sea Technology of Lynnwood, Wash.
We welcome readers to submit letters regarding articles and content in Cleveland Scene. Letters should be a minimum of 150 words, refer to content that has appeared on Cleveland Scene, and must include the writer's full name, address, and phone number for verification purposes. No attachments will be considered. Writers of letters selected for publication will be notified via email. Letters may be edited and shortened for space.
Email us at news@clevescene.com.
Support Local Journalism.
Join the Cleveland Scene Press Club
Local journalism is information. Information is power. And we believe everyone deserves access to accurate independent coverage of their community and state. Our readers helped us continue this coverage in 2020, and we are so grateful for the support.
Help us keep this coverage going in 2021. Whether it's a one-time acknowledgement of this article or an ongoing membership pledge, your support goes to local-based reporting from our small but mighty team.
Join the Cleveland Scene Press Club for as little as $5 a month.