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Industry advocates: Jobs will be lost if Congress doesn’t act
My title is taken from the subtitle of a story in the Arizona Republic, the headline is: “Solar supporters link future to subsidies.” The “solar supporters” and “industry advocates” referred to are the Solar Energy Industries Association and the American Wind Energy Association, both actively lobbying Congress for extension of the so-... [read more]
The continuing debate over wind power and net emissions
We’ve discussed the complicated relationship between wind power and the net reductions in greenhouse gas and other emissions here previously. Industry viewpoints come to expected conclusions – it is no surprise that the Colorado oil and gas industry promotes the view that wind is less special that claimed, nor that the American Wind... [read more]
Fueling Wind's Surge
Last week the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) released its annual report on the US wind industry. By most measures it reflects another banner year. New wind power installations topped 10,000 Megawatts for the first time, bringing cumulative capacity to just over 35,000 MW, roughly 93% of which was added in the last 10 years.... [read more]
US Maintains Top Wind Energy Position
The US is still the wind energy world leader according to a report released by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) today. The US Annual Wind Energy Industry Report claims that despite a slower rate of increase in manufacturing the US remains number 1 in industry rankings. 10 new manufacuring facilities were opened in 2009.... [read more]
Push for More Wind Power Where Most Needed
Chicago Tribune reporter Julie Wernau got this blogz attention with the title of her article, “Putting wind-generated power where it’s needed.” Her article focuses upon 2 critical elements: 1) putting turbines where wind energy is suitable and 2) building wind farms that are capable of linking to the grid. A new NREL study offers... [read more]
The trouble with wind power
By most measures, wind energy has been a great business lately. The U.S. wind energy industry shattered previous records in 2008 by installing 8,358 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity, and did even better in 2009, building out another 9,922 MW. That’s enough wind power to deliver electricity to 4.4 million homes, according to the... [read more]
Renewed Call for Renewable Energy Stanard
Corresponding on the environment for Reuters, Deborah Zabarenko (with editing by Stacey Joyce) notes U.S. industry executives from the wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal and biomass sectors are pushing for another reconsideration of a federal renewable energy standard. Denise Bode, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association asserts... [read more]
Another Energy Bill?
When the first flakes of the second major snowstorm in less than a week began to fall on Northern Virginia, it occurred to me that I might not be in a position to post for a couple of days. I had intended a longer posting covering all the topics mentioned in a renewable energy conference call that I dialed into yesterday, but then I've... [read more]
Wind power makes record gains in 2009
Guest post by Tom Kenworthy, Senior Fellow, American Progress. While Congress moved in fits and starts in 2009 on bipartisan legislation to spur the deployment of renewable energy and reduce global warming pollution, the U.S. wind energy industry powered ahead at a record pace. Issuing its end-of-year report, the American Wind Energy... [read more]
A mighty wind
Despite a crippling recession and tight credit markets, the American wind power industry grew at a blistering pace in 2009, adding 39 percent more capacity. The country is close to the point where 2 percent of its electricity will come from wind turbines. While that is still a small share, it is up from virtually nothing a few years... [read more]
U.S. wind energy industry installed 1,649 MW in third quarter, more than Q2 and Q308
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) released its third quarter (Q3) market report today. Their news release noted: Since the early July announcement of rules to implement the stimulus bill, the wind industry has seen over 1,600 MW (enough to serve the equivalent of 480,000 average households) of completed projects, and... [read more]
Bright Future for US Wind Turbine Manufacturers
Denise Bode from the American Wind Energy Association talks to Clean Skies News about the $3billion recovery package grant for renewable energy on the You Tube video below. Bode believes that much of this package will go towards wind energy projects. She sees the US wind industry changing from an industry grown in Europe to being ‘... [read more]
NREL Announces Wind Energy R&D Projects
[From my post originally published at CleanTechnica on 6.3.2008] Houston, TX - The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab has just announced three research and development partnerships with Siemens and the University Houston. NREL Director Dan Arvizu made the announcement at a press conference on Tuesday at the... [read more]
More Coverage of WINDPOWER 2008 [w/video]
My various blogging responsibilities have kept me from posting everything I’ve wanted to about WINDPOWER 2008, the American Wind Energy Association’s annual conference and trade show held in Houston two weeks back. I do have a couple more stories I am working on that will eventually be published at Green Options and here at... [read more]
Production tax credits would stimulate economy
Two weeks ago, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) announced that he would attempt to pass an economic stimulus package independent from the House package. Last week, he pulled one together which proposed to extend the renewable energy production tax credit (PTC) for renewable energy. (Good move, Chairman.) But for... [read more]
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