All Posts Tagged With: "American Wind Energy Association"
Wind Power Produced 42% of All New U.S. Electric Generating Capacity in 2012
Despite nearly year-long uncertainity concerning the extension of the Production Tax Credit, 2012 was the best ever for domestic wind energy, according to the rcently released U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Report from the American Wind Energy Association.
24Apr2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Wind Power Industry Touts Record Year
The industry installed 13,124 MW with 4Q numbers showing 2012 was best year ever. In fact, for the first time it became the number one source of new U.S. electic generating capacity. Texas, California, Kansas, Oklahoma, Illinois are leaders,
with Colorado ranking 10th.
Congress Extends Wind Energy Tax Credits for Projects That Start in 2013
The extension of the wind energy Production Tax Credit(PTC), and Investment Tax Credits for community and offshore projects, will allow continued growth of the energy source that installed the most new electrical generating capacity in America last year.
2Jan2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Senate Finance Committee Includes 1-Year Extension for PTC in Tax Extenders
“We’ll continue to push every way we know how until the tax credit is extended,” said Senator Bennet. It is an economic driver that’s critical to thousands of jobs in Colorado and tens of thousands of jobs across the country. At the same time it is strengthening and diversifying our energy profile.”
5Aug2012 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Vestas CEO Sees U.S. Wind Market Down 80% Next Year — Without PTC Extended
“In the United States, the market this year is very, very busy,” Vestas Chief Executive Ditlev Engel told a gathering of EU European affairs ministers and other senior officials. “But because of the potential lapse of the regulatory framework in the U.S., this market will probably go down 80 percent next year,” he warned.
14Jun2012 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
Bird Deaths Haunt Wind Energy —
Interior Puts Forth a Plan
Environmentalists are facing a conundrum: To fight green energy projects that they see as detrimental to their cause or to work with the developers and the authorities to minimize damages. The U.S. Dept. of Interior has made some suggestions that it thinks will help alleviate bird deaths associated with wind energy.
23Apr2012 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Production Tax Credit Not Part of Tax Bill
Despite the best efforts of the renewable energy industry, lobbyists and supporting politicians, the payroll tax cut extension Congress is finalizing this week will not include a key subsidy for renewable energy. Uncertainity reigns in the offices of wind energy officials as they look to 2013.
16Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Is Distributed Wind the Answer?
U.S. small wind added 25.6 megawatts of new capacity in 2010, a big number for an industry that typically adds capacity in increments of one to ten kilowatts at a time. What do the big numbers from small wind’s annual report mean? The numbers, just released at the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) Small and Community Windpower Conference, showed impressive growth. They also showed impressive resilience with a strong performance in a troubled economy.
20Sep2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Oil/Gas Industry: Trust us! We care, we really do. The rest of the us: No! 
Thanks for the info Fred! 
I think its a 10% mandate not 5%. 
To see this exciting change as "scary" seems incredibly short-sited to me. Between the increasing power demands caused by ...
Thanks for highlighting all the great work the Northern Colorado Chapter of CRES is doing. One small but important correction--the ...