Icebreaker Wind
Located 13 km north of Cleveland, Ohio in Lake Erie. Freshwater, not tidal. Ohio Energy Gateway project.
Status
On Holdlifecycle stage
UnlikelyHafrok delivery likelihood
Ownership
LELake Erie Energy Development Corporation — 100% ◇
Location
United StatesLake Erie
Technology
Capacity
20.7 MW ◇
Turbines
6 × 3.45 MW ◇
Model
Vestas V126 3-45 ◇
Foundation
Suction bucket ◇
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held 2020-05 ◆
Distance from shore
13 km ◇
Wind speed
8.1 m/s @ 100 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
Other ◇
Grid
—
Schedule
FID
Not taken
COD · Hafrok
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On hold since
8 Dec 2023 ◆
Delivery outlook modelled by Hafrok · calibrated on delivered projects
UnlikelyHafrok's delivery likelihood for Icebreaker Wind
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Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok's transactions record
3 dated milestones on the spine, each with its source · the ownership chain from Hafrok's transactions record · the developer's announced-COD history
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Revenue & offtake contract terms, price levels and the route to market
the contract terms on record · price over time in money of the day · the routes to market and the next visible round
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Installation how the build is going · from sourced statements and Hafrok's registers
construction status and turbines standing · vessel and port contracts · the grid connection and whether it is ready in time
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Sources & verification
Rests on 10 sources (3 primary) · ◆ 4 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Operator2
[7]
Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB)2026-03-19◆ Ohio Power Siting Board - Wind Case Stat…
“16-1871-EL-BGN NA Icebreaker 5/21/20 Cuyahoga (Lake Erie) 6 20.7”
supportsConsentSite rightsConsent appliedConsent granted
[8]
U.S. Department of Energy (EA-2045)2018-09◆ Final Environmental Assessment for Proje…
“A Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code §4906.20, must be obtained from the Ohio Power Siting Board.”
supportsConsentSite rightsConsent appliedConsent granted
Auction pipeline1
[11]
Offshore Wind (offshorewind.biz)2026-02◆ ny-ny5-ended-2026
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsNYSERDA Offshore Wind Solicitation 6 (NY6)
Trade press6
[2]
[3]
[4]
US DOE (Project Icebreaker EA-2045)2016
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[5]
4C Offshore2026-07-02
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsCoordinates
[6]
[10]
Inside Climate News2023-12-08◆ Icebreaker offshore wind project halted …
Copyrighted source — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsOn hold
Unverified import1
[1]
unknown
Copyrighted source — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
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