This week: AWEA states: American wind power now generates over 10 percent of electricity in nine states

In Iowa and South Dakota, wind energy is more than one-fifth of total energy production.

AWEA Blog - American wind energy goes back to business, creating U.S. jobs

The U.S. wind power industry is seeing stepped-up hiring and new investment in 2013, following the industry’s strongest year ever

After a great deal of contentious public debate and heavy media coverage, Vermonters continue to support the idea of building wind turbines along the state’s ridgelines by a wide margin, according to a recent poll of the general population conducted by th

A recent study errs in its assessment of potential wind energy resources by ignoring real-world data and experience and instead relying on crude theoretical modeling techniques

AWEA welcomes President Obama’s commitment to wind energy in The Windfair Newsletter

Wind power became the number one source of new U.S. electric generating capacity in 2012

Denise Bode, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association, announced today that she is resigning, effective January 1, to return to private practice as a tax attorney

AWEA Blog - The U.S. wind energy industry had its strongest year ever in 2012

The milestone of 60,000MW (60GW) was reached just five months after AWEA announced last August that the U.S. industry had 50,000MW installed

AWEA Blog - Graybeal story relies on IER, misses facts

With the January 1 extension of the production tax credit (PTC), the wind energy industry is getting back to work. And back to business

The wind power industry is all about change. The very nature of what we provide represents a change in the way energy is provided to business and consumers.

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) will release the wind industry’s fourth quarter results for 2012 on Wednesday, January 30th, at 3PM Eastern

AWEA Blog - Wind energy looks forward following PTC passage

La Jolla, Calif., played host last week to nearly 1,000 wind industry professionals for a “trifecta” of AWEA events to kick off the New Year

AWEA is ringing in the New Year by showing off some of its best work in 2012. The following 10 articles, letters, op-eds, and blog posts highlight some of our best efforts to counter inaccurate and misleading information about wind power in the news

AWEA - Science proves wind energy is safe

The wind industry says noise from wind turbines does not harm human health

The U.S. wind power industry is back at work with renewed momentum following extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) by Congress as part of the Jan. 1 legislation to avert the “fiscal cliff.”

The U.S. wind energy industry and its 75,000 employees breathed a big sigh of relief last week as the federal renewable energy Production Tax Credit was extended, and the reaction of supporters and analysts in the media (...) was generally favorable.

The wind power industry production and investment tax credits have been officially extended, and now tens of thousands of wind workers will remain employed.

This week: Production Tax Credit Passes

After a long, hard-fought

Congress should extend critical tax incentives that encourage renewable energy production and energy efficiency, 118 sportsmen’s, business and conservation groups from all over the U.S. urged in a letter to Congress yesterday

AWEA Blog - ‘Make opinion known loud and clear’ on PTC

“We urge Iowans to make their opinion known loud and clear [on extending the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit.”

AWEA Blog - Sen. Grassley appears in video to urge extension of PTC

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) appears in a new YouTube video calling on Congress to extend the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC)

AWEA Blog - Wind energy: Bipartisanship welcome on PTC

In an unusual yet welcome show of bipartisanship, Republicans and Democrats have teamed together to convince Congress to maintain an important tax credit

AWEA Blog - Flurry of PTC endorsements follows election

With the Nov. 6 election past, several newspapers have turned their attention to the lame-duck post-election session of Congress

Extending the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) will save new manufacturing jobs in the industrial state of Ohio, according to the president of a company that makes industrial fasteners for wind turbines

Wind energy fared well in Tuesday’s elections, with voters returning wind champions in both parties to Congress, and allowing the current administration’s support for wind energy to continue uninterrupted.

A recently released Texas A&M University National Energy Opinion Poll finds that 60 percent of Americans support “tax cuts for companies to develop renewable energy technologies,” and 21 percent favor focusing on wind power development

Laying off hundreds of workers because of Congress's delay in extending the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) has been painful, one wind company spokesman said today on a segment aired on Minnesota Public Radio

As power infrastructure was in the path of Hurricane Sandy this past week, AWEA connected with wind project owners and operators to assess the impact on wind power projects in the Northeast

Two dozen investors with more than $800 billion in assets under management recently called for an immediate extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for renewable power.

During the third quarter of 2012, the U.S. wind energy industry installed 1,833 megawatts (MW) across 15 states, bringing total 2012 installations to 4,728 MW.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), attending a Montana wind farm groundbreaking Thursday, said he believes the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) will be extended by Congress