By 2019, a multi-million dollar project developed by a former "big energy" guy might make Cleveland the new U.S. leader in renewable energy.
[Updated 11/18/2017] In a piece for Next City that is half profile of Lorry Wagner, president of the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (who "doesn't fit the mold of your average renewables startup dude"), and half exploration of wind energy in the Great Lakes Region, Daniel J. McGraw reports that Cleveland may be a more obvious place to invest $120 million in offshore wind energy than many people think.
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