Joe Star­ck, Pres­i­dent and Robert Zad­kovich, Vice Pres­i­dent, Busi­ness Devel­op­ment of The Great Lakes Tow­ing Com­pa­ny attend­ed a round­table dis­cus­sion on Ohio Clean Ener­gy and Man­u­fac­tur­ing with Sen­a­tor John Eklund, Ohio Sen­ate Dis­trict 18 and Sen­a­tor Lar­ry Obhof, Ohio Sen­ate Dis­trict 22. The round­table was orga­nized by John Colm, Pres­i­dent, WIRE-Net and host­ed at Talon Prod­ucts Inc. (Steve Peplin, Chief Exec­u­tive Officer).

Support for Clean Energy

Ohio man­u­fac­tur­ers and the Governor’s office, believe that rein­stat­ing Ohio’s clean ener­gy and ener­gy effi­cien­cy stan­dards is good for Ohio man­u­fac­tur­ers and Ohioans. Inno­va­tions in solar, wind, effi­cien­cy and stor­age tech­nol­o­gy will con­tin­ue to dri­ve down the costs of these tech­nolo­gies. How­ev­er, the oppor­tu­ni­ty is to improve  stan­dards and increase Ohio’s com­pet­i­tive edge with oth­er states across the coun­try with smarter policies.

Early in the Supply Chain

As a part­ner with LEEDCO in the devel­op­ment of the off­shore wind tur­bine indus­try here in the Great Lakes region, The Great Lakes Tow­ing Com­pa­ny and Great Lakes Ship­yard will con­tin­ue to sup­port clean ener­gy sources. The Com­pa­ny has iden­ti­fied and is pur­su­ing mul­ti­ple oppor­tu­ni­ties in off­shore wind tur­bine con­struc­tion, assem­bly and logis­tics as well as main­te­nance and repair. These strate­gic ini­tia­tives will allow The Com­pa­ny to enter the wind ener­gy sup­ply chain ear­ly to estab­lish a lead­er­ship posi­tion in this grow­ing indus­try and help pave the way for more eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment across the Great Lakes region.