23 Governors, 369 Orgs Throw Support Behind Four-year PTC Extension Bill
Most recently, a broad, nonpartisan coalition of 369 members, including manufacturing, farm and business interests, issued a letter endorsing a four-year extension to the Production Tax Credit (PTC), wind energy’s key federal tax incentive. Legislation recently introduced by Representatives Dave Reichert (R, WA-08) and Earl Blumenauer (D, OR-03) seeks to grant a four-year extension to the existing PTC for wind energy (H.R. 3307, the “American Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit Extension Act”).
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23 Governors, 369 Orgs Throw Support Behind Four-year PTC Extension Bill
Leading Global Brands Sign Up for New WindMade Label
Announcing their commitment at a New York City event to become certified under the new WindMade™ consumer label, several major companies—including some of the world’s most familiar commercial names—have procured or pledged to procure at least 25 percent of their electricity consumption from wind energy.
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Leading Global Brands Sign Up for New WindMade Label
Wind Electricity To Be Fully Competitive With Natural Gas by 2016, Says Bloomberg New Energy Finance
The best wind farms in the world are already competitive with coal, gas and nuclear plants. But over the next five years, continued performance improvements and cost reductions will bring the average onshore wind plant in line with cheap natural gas, even without a price on carbon, according analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
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Wind Electricity To Be Fully Competitive With Natural Gas by 2016, Says Bloomberg New Energy Finance