Icebreaker Foundation Engineering & Assessment Award Number: DE-EE0006714 CX(s) Applied: B3.16 Wind Program Date: 08/03/2015 Location(s): OH Office(s): Golden Field Office
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August 3, 2015
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Icebreaker Foundation Engineering & Assessment
Award Number: DE-EE0006714
CX(s) Applied: B3.16
Wind Program
Date: 08/03/15
Location(s): OH
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Lake Erie Development Corporation (LEEDCo) to assess, through research, engineering and laboratory testing, the technical and cost effectiveness of the Mono Bucket – Icebreaker foundation for wind turbine placement in Lake Erie.
LEEDCo will perform seven tasks for this project. These include:
Task 1 – Economic Analysis and Resource Assessment Study
Task 2 – Prior Uses of Friction Wheel Study
Task 3 – Completion of Icebreaker Foundation Design
Task 4 – Ice Characterization and Modeling
Task 8 – Friction Wheel Lab Testing
Task 6 – Information Dissemination
Task 7 – Geotechnical Investigation