Our county executive, Kathy Dahlkemper, often touts the benefits of wind energy to Erie County citing the many green jobs it will create, but Ontario is a great example of what really happens. It’s a learning experience for those willing to learn. Short term jobs An Ontario factory producing wind turbine blades is closing, ending […]
Totally Unnecessary Billion Dollar Lake Erie Power Line Project Still Moving Ahead
The ITC Lake Erie Connector received a “Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity” from Canada, one more step in the necessary approval process before beginning construction of a project no one needs. The news release states: The ITC Lake Erie Connector is a proposed 1,000 MW, bi-directional, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) underwater transmission line that […]
Do Erie County Residents Want to Look at Wind Turbines in Lake Erie?
Many residents of Erie County are not yet aware that Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper is on the board of LEEDCo, a largely taxpayer funded organization in Cleveland, Ohio, (recently sold to Fred Olsen Renewables of Norway) with plans to put wind turbines in Lake Erie. A big promoter of the project, Dahlkemper wants turbines […]
LEEDCo Collects Another $40 Million US Taxpayer Dollars for Lake Erie Project
LEEDCo, if anything, has been persistent in its pursuit of government grants. A few days ago they announced a $3.7 million dollar grant, bringing their total take, up until last week to $10.7 million. Now, the Department of Energy has awarded them another $40 million from US taxpayers to be paid in three installments of […]
LEEDCo Gets More Taxpayer Money for Wind Project
County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper, who is also on the board of LEEDCo, the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio, thinks it is great news that they’ve received another $3.7 million handout from the U.S. Department of Energy. According to Dahlkemper: Receiving this funding is great news for the development of wind energy, and […]
They Can’t Be Serious – Dig a Tunnel to Presque Isle?
At least one writer at the Erie Times News is offering editorial support for an idea that, somehow, keeps popping up decade after decade, it’s the dream of connecting Presque Isle to Erie’s east side. This most recent resurrection is based around the idea of a tunnel under the channel, a “chunnel,” though in past […]
