Extension of critical tax relief to save 37,000 jobs in wind power and continue growing U.S. manufacturing advanced in the Senate Finance Committee today with strong bipartisan support. By an overwhelming bipartisan margin of 19-5, the committee passed an extenders package that included an extension of the wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC). On critical … Continue reading Wind energy policy advances in U.S. Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support
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Mitt Romney looks set to declare war on America’s wind energy industry
Mitt Romney confirms he would end US wind power subsidies. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama draw up battle lines over US wind farm tax credits. Mitt Romney looks set to declare war on America’s wind energy industry, further emphasising the dividing line between the presumptive Republican presidential candidate and President Barack Obama on energy issues. … Continue reading Mitt Romney looks set to declare war on America’s wind energy industry
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Wind turbines for Schools project has banner year in 2011
The following article is one in a series of case studies included in AWEA’s recently published Small Wind Turbine Market Report Year End 2011. As the United States dramatically expands wind energy deployment, the industry is challenged with developing a skilled workforce to support it. In 2008, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a … Continue reading Wind turbines for Schools project has banner year in 2011
Continue readingAWEA, RENEW-NE applaud New England Governors’ resolution to procure wind energy
Action enabling long-term contracts will help keep cost of wind power low. The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and its regional partner, Renewable Energy New England (RENEW), applauded the New England Governors’ Conference for unanimously passing a resolution to coordinate regional renewable energy procurement directing the release of a request for proposal (RFP) for renewable … Continue reading AWEA, RENEW-NE applaud New England Governors’ resolution to procure wind energy
Continue readingWind energy associations: Wind ‘one of safest forms of electricity’
In response to a proposed national study by Health Canada on wind turbine sound and human health, the European, American, Canadian, global and United Kingdom wind energy industry associations point to 17 reviews of independent research and evidence that all conclude wind is not harmful to human health. According to the associations, wind energy is … Continue reading Wind energy associations: Wind ‘one of safest forms of electricity’
Continue readingTwo wind turbines supply electricity to U.S. border station
The following article is one in a series of case studies included in AWEA’s recently published Small Wind Turbine Market Report Year End 2011. Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the U.S. initiated a program to expand and upgrade its border stations with Canada and Mexico. Federal agencies have aggressive clean energy and carbon reduction … Continue reading Two wind turbines supply electricity to U.S. border station
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Wind turbines: On turbine sound, it’s Bryce vs. science
Insistent wind critic Robert Bryce had a column in the National Review last week which raised a number of objections to wind power. Clean Line Energy’s Jimmy Glotfelty responded in an op-ed, to which Mr. Bryce has written an additional response. Among the issues Mr. Bryce discusses is that of wind turbine sound. The following … Continue reading Wind turbines: On turbine sound, it’s Bryce vs. science
Continue readingWhy tax credits are critical to wind energy for growth
DoE Secretary Steven Chu visited Ingeteam, a wind power and solar energy equipment manufacturer in Milwaukee.
Continue readingWind Power Technology Bringing Us Closer To a Clean Energy Future
There?s a simple truth in wind energy — the bigger the blade, the more watts generated.
Continue readingWind energy: PTC has generated ‘innovation, jobs’
The federal wind power Production Tax Credit (PTC) has been “effective … in producing American innovation [and] creating new American jobs” and should be extended.
Continue readingAfter the tornado: BTI builds wind turbines dealership network
Like the Phoenix rising from the ashes in ancient Egypt, a wind energy business arose from the devastation May 4, 2007, of an EF-5 tornado in Greensburg, Kans.
Continue readingWind Power: Small business bill stalls; PTC extension not considered
A bipartisan effort by three U.S. Senators to have an extension of the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) considered by the full Senate was thwarted yesterday.
Continue readingNew Oklahoma wind farm brings economic benefits
Electricity from the wind power project will be sold to Alabama Power, a subsidiary of Southern Co. The Chisholm View Wind Energy Project will consist of 140 1.68-MW GE wind turbines.
Continue readingWind energy born in U.S.A, despite ‘outsourcing’ flap
As CNN?s Election Center reports, the programs painted as outsourcing ?have contributed to a boom in wind power and solar energy projects in particular.
Continue readingBennet, Moran, Udall continue bipartisan push for wind energy tax credit
U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) filed an amendment yesterday to extend the federal wind power Production Tax Credit (PTC).
Continue readingMulti-billion-dollar wind farm won’t expand in 2013 without PTC extension
Terra-Gen is in much the same position as other wind power developers such as NextEra Energy Resources, Iberdrola and Horizon Wind Energy, which have each said they will not be building new wind farms next year.
Continue readingWired story bypasses wind turbines industry’s efforts on bats
Wind energy is one of the safest forms of energy for both humans and animals. Wind power does not pollute our air or drinking water, nor does it produce hazardous waste, and it consumes no water.
Continue readingNYSERDA emerges as leading state small wind power incentive program
In 2011, NYSERDA cemented its reputation as a leading state small wind energy incentive program.
Continue readingWind Farm: Steelworkers call for extension of ‘vital’ PTC
The PTC helped to establish the wind energy market in the United States 20 years ago.
Continue readingWind power: Blades from North Dakota headed to Brazil
A vibrant domestic wind energy industry not only creates a market for components to be used at wind farm projects around the country, it allows for made-in-the-USA wind turbines to be exported.
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