Into the Wind, the AWEA Blog: A new way to visualize the Wind Energy Tax Credit

The question of whether the federal government should support wind energy has been debated since the Production Tax Credit (PTC) was created in 1992.

Yesterday, a deal was announced in Oklahoma to deliver low-cost, homegrown wind energy from two newly developed wind projects to thousands of Oklahoma consumers.

Leaders from the Northeast wind energy industry met this week in Portland for the second time in three years, as Maine has emerged as the region’s wind energy hub.

Across the nation, at least 559 U.S. factories that manufacture parts for wind turbines are once again vulnerable since the PTC and ITC.

Into the Wind - the AWEA Blog: Google invests $1bn, opportunity in Michigan, Lake Erie proposal wins support

News roundup by the AWEA staff

American wind energy generation has outpaced the growth in new wind power capacity thanks to innovative technological advancements.

American wind power topped 4 percent of the U.S. power grid for the first time last year and has delivered 30 percent of all new generating capacity for the last five years.

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A recent study by the esteemed National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and reported by The Economist confirms that clean air is not simply a good choice for the environment, but provides a boost to the economy as well.

New evidence that wind energy reduces electric bills for consumers

White paper released by AWEA shows positive impact of wind energy on consumer’s utility bills

American wind power sees unprecedented growth entering 2014

Largest-ever crop of wind farms under construction, building U.S. industry’s momentum

Wind power becomes an even bigger part of the Texas grid, a Colorado State University research center has an energy plan for the president, and Enel Green Power’s Oklahoma facilities smash records in January.

For the second time in two weeks, wind power once again kept consumers’ energy costs down as extreme cold drove energy prices to record highs across much of the Eastern U.S.

It’s Monday, and today’s roundup highlights wind’s ability to improve grid reliability, the importance of the PTC on the president’s climate change to-do list, and how the Kansas RPS is improving the state’s economy with the help of wind power.

US Congress orders suspension of wind energy PTC

Wind power operations whose construction began before Dec. 31, 2013 may continue to enjoy the federal benefit for 10 years; only new wind farm projects will be subsidy-free

AWEA Blog - Familiar holiday rush a little different this time around

If you’ve been around wind energy a little while, you know that it’s not unusual for the industry to rev up in the fourth quarter of a given year.

AWEA Blog - New US test facility to improve wind turbines

National Wind Technology Center is using a new $16 million dynamometer to test how wind turbines perform

AWEA Blog - What's behind the new eagle permit rule ?

“This permit program promotes eagle conservation”

AWEA Blog - Why is Tax Notes failing to fact check on wind power, PTC?

Time may be taking its toll on Tax Analysts

These days you see iPads being used as a cash register, a credit-card swiper, a means of filling out applications and other forms, and in a whole host of other business functions - Now you’ll also find them atop wind turbines

Wind energy, birds and wildlife: This agreement will help advance the knowledge of wind wildlife interactions to further reduce the industry’s relatively small impacts

AWEA Blog - Symposium Update: Wind’s cost falling, more improvement possible

“We can’t control policy and demand, what we can control is technology, and so we see investment in technology as critical ..."

AWEA Blog - U.S. wind energy industry shows strong momentum heading into 4th quarter

“American wind businesses are back to work and the pipeline is filling up,” said AWEA CEO Tom Kiernan

AWEA Blog: Industry mourns loss of Bob Anderson--clean energy champion, regulator, Montanan

Industry members across the country are mourning the loss of Bob Anderson who died in a car accident.

AWEA Blog - Wind energy gains favor in Ohio

Wind energy generation in Ohio has jumped since 2008 with new wind turbine clusters

Exhibition Ticker - Offshore Wind Energy Industry to meet at the AWEA Offshore WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition

2013’s milestones and development to be discussed

Broadwind Energy Announces $106 Million in New Tower Orders

Broadwind will produce these towers in its Manitowoc, Wisc. and Abilene, Tex. facilities

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the Interwest Energy Alliance, along with key wind industry company executives, will participate in a press conference to highlight economic benefits to Colorado’s economy and potential future growth associa

Challenges to wind energy: The myth and the reality - "We look at it as there are some real barriers that we work on and some mythical barriers that people tend to focus on and talk about"

Transmission construction in the U.S. began a downward trend in the mid-1980’s after the electric power industry stopped building massive coal and nuclear plants.