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AWEA: Wind Can Help With Clean Power Plan Requirements
U.S. wind power can help states affordably and reliably comply with the pending Clean Power Plan to cut carbon pollution from power plants,...
Presidential Heavyweights Offer Insight On Renewable Energy Platforms
Two prospective presidential candidates recently offered some insight on their energy policies, specifically those relating to renewable energy policy. Hillary Clinton, the presumptive...
Small-Wind Industry Given Grace Period For Compliance With IRS Engineering Standards
On July 14, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published Notice 2015-51, which postpones the effective date of safety and performance standards mandated for...
Senate Panel Votes Tax Extenders Package Out Of Committee; Bill Includes Two-Year Extensions Of...
The Senate Finance Committee voted to pass an extenders package that would renew 52 tax credits that expired at the end of the...
At Grassley’s Urging, Senate Extenders Package Includes A Two-Year PTC Extension
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has ensured that a laundry list of tax incentives - including a two-year extension of the wind energy production...
Gov. Cuomo Approves Program To Expand Renewables To More New Yorkers
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has approved the Shared Renewables program, an initiative aimed at providing opportunities for renters, homeowners, low-income residents,...
Carper, Collins Reintroduce Offshore Wind Bill
Sens. Tom Carper, D-Del., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, have introduced the Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act, which would provide critical financial incentives to...
Renewable Energy Advocates Press Congress For Wind PTC, Solar ITC In Tax Extenders
NAW has learned that the Senate Finance Committee is nearing the release of a mark-up bill extending about 55 tax incentives that expired...
Illinois RPS Update: Energy Bill Awaits National Signals
The long-fought effort to fix Illinois' broken renewable portfolio standard (RPS) is in a holding pattern for the summer as lawmakers and other...
U.S., Brazil Commit To 20% Non-Hydro Renewables By 2030
In an effort to combat climate change, the U.S. and Brazil will increase the amount of electricity generated by renewable sources - other...
AWEA: Ohio Budget Bill A ‘Missed Opportunity’
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) is characterizing an Ohio budget bill as a 'missed opportunity' to re-open wind energy development in the...
What The Supreme Court’s MATS Ruling Could Mean For The Clean Power Plan
By a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) erred in its rulemaking of its Mercury and...
Familiar Foes Behind Latest Effort To Whack The Wind PTC
Some familiar opponents have ramped up their efforts to eliminate the production tax credit (PTC), the U.S. wind industry's chief legislative tax incentive....
House Appropriations Bill Could Undercut REAP
The House Appropriations Committee's agriculture appropriations bill for fiscal year 2016 would reduce mandatory spending levels for important energy title programs, including the...
Gone With The Wind: Texas Threat Peters Out As Legislative Clock Expires On Bill’s...
The U.S. wind industry can now exhale, as the Texas legislature adjourned without repealing the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS) and its Competitive...
IRENA: Renewable Energy Must Be Key Component Of U.S. Energy Policy
Renewable energy is a crucial component of U.S. energy policy and is key to addressing the issues of climate change, energy security and...
EIA Analysis: Wind Energy Is The Lowest-Cost Option For Reducing Carbon Emissions
(Editor's note: The following article was reprinted with permission by the American Wind Energy Association.) Low-cost, zero-emission wind energy will become even more...
Hey, North Carolina: Google, Apple And Facebook Would Like To Have A Word With...
Google, Facebook and Apple have co-signed a letter opposing H.B.332 and any changes in North Carolina's clean energy policies, including the state's renewable...
Queen’s Energy Bill Grants Local Authorities Final Say For Onshore Wind
In a speech to both houses of Parliament, the U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth II devoted substantial parts of her annual address to energy security...
New Wine In An Old Bottle? Inside The Feds’ MBTA Incidental Take Proposal
On May 26, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) initiated an environmental review of a proposed permitting program for authorizing the incidental...