Renewable credits? Don’t count on them

Xcel plans to tap more wind power

Published: February 5, 2013
Tags: wind energy, Xcel Energy

Xcel Energy plans to capitalize on what could be a buyer’s market for wind energy this year.

Brewing a new energy source

Published: February 4, 2013
Tags: grain, solar energy, wind energy

The Alaskan Brewing Co. is going green, but instead of looking to solar and wind energy, it has turned to a very familiar source: beer.

Congress extends wind, biofuels tax credits

Published: January 2, 2013
Tags: tax credit, wind energy

The bill Congress approved Tuesday night providing tax relief for most taxpayers also helps wind energy and ethanol producers by extending tax credits designed to encourage continued development.

Wind tax credits could get blown off in favor of ‘fiscal cliff’

Published: December 20, 2012
Tags: fiscal cliff, wind energy

South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson is warning that key federal incentives for wind power are set to expire in less than two weeks, and he worried their renewal might get lost as negotiations over the fiscal cliff dominate Congress’ efforts.

Jobs shrink during green power debate

Published: November 7, 2012
Tags: "green technologies", Obama, renewable energy, wind energy

An eerie quiet has settled over the Walker Components plant, which assembles custom cables for a global wind turbine company. Orders are down from earlier in the year and one-third of its employees have been laid off this year.

Wind industry braces for life without tax credits

Published: October 16, 2012
Tags: Gamesa Energy USA, John Mitola, Power Engineers Collaborative, tax credits, wind energy

The wind industry is anything but breezy these days.

Lake Michigan car ferry extends season for wind equipment transport

Published: September 25, 2012
Tags: coal ash, Lake Michigan Car Ferry, SS Badger, wind energy, wind farm

The S.S. Badger is extending its season on Lake Michigan in order to transport equipment for the wind power industry.

Congress not acting on wind turbine credits despite job fears

Published: September 20, 2012
Tags: jobs, wind energy, wind turbines

There is little optimism Congress will act quickly to extend a federal energy tax credit for building wind turbines, despite the likelihood that letting the program expire could lead to the loss of thousands of jobs.

House votes to end energy loan guarantee program

Published: September 14, 2012
Tags: biomass, nuclear, Obama, renewable energy, solar energy, Solyndra, wind energy

Republicans on Friday pushed a bill through the House shining a campaign-season light on the most conspicuous failure of President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package. The bill would phase out federal loan guarantees like those that went to the now-bankrupt solar power company Solyndra LLC and left taxpayers on the hook for more than $500 million.