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Energy Density in the Driver’s Seat Blog Wind

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What is driving U.S. energy policy? One might say Obama, Jackson, Salazar, or even Holdren—or any politician whose visible hand redirects the market’s invisible hand.
But on closer inspection, these folk are really just riding the brakes. The accelerator is…

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EIA Releases Study on Proposed Clean Air Standard Analysis Wind

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The Energy Information Administration (EIA) just released another study on a Clean Energy Standard proposed by Senator Bingaman,[i] the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The result is the same as before—a “Clean Energy Standard” drives…

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IER Releases ‘Hard Facts: An Energy Primer” Press Releases Wind

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WASHINGTON D.C. —  The Institute for Energy Research released today a comprehensive energy primer that assesses the U.S. production and consumption levels of all major sources. Grounded in IER’s free market-based approach to global energy and environmental policy, “Hard Facts:…

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Assessing the Production Tax Credit Analysis Wind

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The Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy is set to expire at the end of this year. In March the Senate failed to pass Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s (D-MI) measure that would have extended the PTC (and other renewables tax…

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2011 Energy in Review Analysis Wind

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Energy in the United States made some significant achievements in 2011 that may be a turning point for future in-roads, particularly relating to oil and natural gas production. Oil production in 2011 was at its highest level in 8 years,…

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Spain Halts Feed-In-Tariffs for Renewable Energy Analysis Wind

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A couple years ago, President Obama hailed Spain’s promotion of wind and solar energy through massive subsidies as a way to grow the economy and create jobs. At the time, Dr. Gabriel Calzada explained that the Spanish success was a…

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