Two residents challenge approval of Icebreaker project over threat to birds
By Mark Naymik (WKYC)
CLEVELAND — It’s a project that would harness the power of Lake Erie to power homes.
Dubbed Icebreaker, it would be the first freshwater wind farm in North America, built about eight miles off the Cleveland shoreline.
But the project has been stalled by a legal challenge, which has delayed a key approval from the Ohio Power Siting Board, the authority that signs off on energy projects.
The challenge is fronted by two Bratenahl residents — Susan Dempsey and Robert Maloney — who argue the project needs to better study the threat it poses to migrating birds.
Their case comes before the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday.
