DoE Secretary Steven Chu visited Ingeteam, a wind power and solar energy equipment manufacturer in Milwaukee.
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Wind 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 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 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 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.
Continue readingWind turbines: As Congress delays PTC extension, Gamesa announces furloughs
Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa announced furloughs of 165 U.S. workers last week, adding that it hopes to recall them once Congress renews the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC).
Continue reading‘Green Illusions’ ill-informed about wind power
Experience with integrating large amounts of wind energy in the U.S. and Europe shows that system-wide changes in wind farm output occur over periods of several hours and can be predicted well enough.
Continue readingWind energy: Pew program director calls PTC ‘wildly successful,’ urges extension
Globally, the wind power industry has grown by 600 percent since 2004, Cuttino says, and with America global leadership stake, the time for Congress to act is now.
Continue readingUS debate over extending PTC continues to create wind power uncertainty
The American Wind Energy Association has said that a recent study by Navigant Consulting found that extending the PTC would allow the wind turbines sector to grow to 100,000 jobs in just four years.
Continue readingWind energy: S.D. technical school president on edge about PTC extension
South Dakota was #1 nationwide in 2011 in percentage of electricity generation coming from wind power, at 22.3 percent, according to the AWEA U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Report.
Continue readingWind Farm: Boulder Chamber of Commerce backs PTC extension
The Boulder (Colo.) Chamber of Commerce has announced its support for an extension of the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC).
Continue readingAs Congress delays in extending PTC, some wind farm developers take aim at Canada
The lack of certainty going forward in the U.S. wind power market due to impending expiration of the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) is causing some wind farm developers to look to Ontario.
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