An article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that building and maintaining power-generating wind turbines on Lake Erie could support up to 8,000 jobs and cost $31 billion by the year 2030, according to a recent economic-impact study commissioned by NorTech.
The analysis offers no opinion about the feasibility of erecting five massive turbines on Lake Erie by 2012, but says they could potentially pave the way for up to 1,200 more lake turbines by 2030. Wind power advocates believe such a project could spur a 5,000-megawatt array generating up to $7.8 billion in wages and $587 million in state and local tax revenues over 20 years.