posts tagged as wind power
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August 2020
“The wind PTC was initially passed in 1992 as a temporary incentive to help a then fledgling industry… However, after nearly 40...
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August 2020
The wind and solar industries have been lobbying Congress to extend the production tax credit and the investment tax credit during the...
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May 2020
Investor Warren Buffet once famously said: "For example, on wind energy, we get a tax credit if we build a lot of...
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March 2020
Last year, new offshore wind power capacity in Germany exceeded that of onshore wind capacity for the first time. In 2019, 160 new offshore wind turbines...
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December 2019
The PTC was intended to be a temporary subsidy for a fledgling industry but has morphed into a massive handout for large...
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November 2019
In Minnesota, Xcel Energy estimates conservatively that it will cost $532,000 (in 2019 dollars) to decommission each of its wind turbines—a total...