The Lake Erie Energy Development Co (Leedco) has finalized a deal for a portion of the output from the 20.7MW Icebreaker freshwater project in Ohio.
Cuyahoga County Council yesterday voted unanimously to approve a power purchase agreement for 8.6% of the energy generated by the demonstration scheme.
The county will enter into a 10-year deal, the maximum allowed in Ohio, with the option of a 10-year extension, thereby functioning as a 20-year PPA.
The county will contract with utility Cleveland Public Power (CPP) for the supply of energy. CPP has also agreed to buy 25% of the Icebreaker output, while American Municipal Power will take a 30% share.
“We are in discussions with several parties to place the balance,” Leedco VP operations Dave Karpinski told reNEWS.
The developer has partnered with Fred Olsen Renewables USA, which will construct, own and operate Icebreaker.
A supply chain open house is scheduled on 8 December in Cleveland to identify regional businesses that can supply material, services and labour to the project.
The partners plan to install six MHI Vestas V126 3.45MW turbines on steel monobucket foundations designed by Universal Foundation, a Fred Olsen subsidiary.
The $125m project has qualified for $50.7m in federal Energy Department funding.
The proponent aims to wrap up permitting in 2017 and start construction in 2018.
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