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Failure to Pass Tax Credit Creates Uncertainty for Wind Industry

Failure to Pass Tax Credit Creates Uncertainty for Wind Industry

By Ryan Koronowski The U.S. House of Representatives has already gone on vacation back to their districts and the Senate effectively adjourned for 2013 on Friday, meaning that the one-year extension of the Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) will expire on Jan. 1, 2014. The PTC is a $0.022 per kilowatt-hour tax credit on the power that new wind […]

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    24 Senators Fight to Extend Wind Credit Set to Expire End of Year

    24 Senators Fight to Extend Wind Credit Set to Expire End of Year

    Photo courtesy of Shutterstock As the calendar continues ticking on a vital renewable energy tax credit set to expire in two weeks, 24 U.S. senators sent a letter to the Senate Committee on Finance in hopes of preserving jobs, investments and a path to clean energy. While the renewable energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) and its […]

    World’s Largest Onshore Wind Turbine Order Coming to U.S.

    World’s Largest Onshore Wind Turbine Order Coming to U.S.

    The largest single order of wind turbines for an onshore energy project is coming to the U.S. Siemens announced today that MidAmerican Energy purchased 448 turbines to be deployed in five different projects in Iowa. Collectively, the turbines have a capacity of 1,050 megawatts (MW). “This represents not only the largest order for onshore wind turbines […]

    How Wind Met All of Denmark’s Electricity Needs for 90 Hours

    How Wind Met All of Denmark’s Electricity Needs for 90 Hours

    By Bentham Paulos Renewable electricity records are being broken every day. In early October, Germany hit a 59 percent renewable peak, Colorado utility Xcel Energy peaked at 60 percent wind at the beginning of the year and Spain got its top power supply from wind for three months leading into 2013. But that’s chump change compared with Denmark. According to data from Energinet, […]

    Top 11 Stories of 2013 on Powering the Internet With Renewables

    Top 11 Stories of 2013 on Powering the Internet With Renewables

    By David Pomerantz 2013 has been a whirlwind of exciting developments for the growing idea that the Internet should be powered with clean energy, and it couldn’t happen at a better time. As access spreads around the world and people watch more streaming videos and share more photos, the Internet has the potential to become […]

    230 Businesses and Politicians Call on Obama to Harness Offshore Wind

    230 Businesses and Politicians Call on Obama to Harness Offshore Wind

    A massive coalition of nonprofit organizations, businesses and General Assembly members banded together today for a single cause—pushing the Obama Administration for offshore wind development in the U.S. The 230-plus-member group wrote a letter to the president arguing that he should “redouble” support for offshore wind projects. The group says offshore wind is in line […]

    UK Wind Industry Says ‘Game On’ for Competing With Fossil Fuels

    UK Wind Industry Says ‘Game On’ for Competing With Fossil Fuels

    Photo courtesy of Shutterstock Wind farm developer Dong Energy has said it’s “game on” for offshore wind in the UK, expecting it to be able to compete with conventional fossil fuels by the end of the decade. The positive message from one of the country’s leading wind farm developers comes after the government announced an […]

    Feds Extend Permits to 30 Years for Wind Farms for Accidental Eagle Kills

    Feds Extend Permits to 30 Years for Wind Farms for Accidental Eagle Kills

    Photo courtesy of Shutterstock The rift between the wind power industry and wildlife advocates will likely grow as a result of an expanded federal permitting process for wind projects. The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced that some wind energy companies will be granted 30-year permits that allow them to operate without worrying about […]

    Major League Baseball Announces Green Glove Award Winner

    Major League Baseball Announces Green Glove Award Winner

    By Alice Henly Major League Baseball has announced the San Francisco Giants as the winner of the 2013 Green Glove Award. The Giants had the highest recycling rate in Major League Baseball and diverted the most waste from landfills. They have achieved a season average waste diversion rate of over 86 percent. Photo credit: MLB Photos/Natural Resources […]