CleanTechnica » US Senate http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 US Congress Extends Wind PTC To End Of 2014 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/us-congress-extends-wind-ptc-end-2014/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/us-congress-extends-wind-ptc-end-2014/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:14:56 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76528 The US Senate voted Tuesday to extend the Production Tax Credit for the US wind industry for another year. Sadly, for the wind industry, Congress has been debating this so long that “another year” finishes at the end of 2014. “Unfortunately, the extension to the end of 2014 will only allow minimal new wind development and

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/us-congress-extends-wind-ptc-end-2014/feed/ 14 ⅔ of New US Electricity Capacity Was From Wind In October http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/24/two-thirds-of-us-installations-were-from-the-wind-sector/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/24/two-thirds-of-us-installations-were-from-the-wind-sector/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2014 20:00:42 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75363 Two thirds of new US electricity generation capacity were from the wind sector in October. Five wind farms, with a cumulative capacity of 547 MW, went online. There were also 102 MW of biomass and 31 of utility-scale solar power. This is becoming a familiar picture, with renewable sources accounting for the most added generation during

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/24/two-thirds-of-us-installations-were-from-the-wind-sector/feed/ 20 Join Senator Harry Reid, Rhone Resch, Me, & Others For An Epic #SolarChat http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/join-senator-harry-reid-rhone-resch-others-epic-solarchat/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/join-senator-harry-reid-rhone-resch-others-epic-solarchat/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:26:33 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74746 If you aren’t aware of the biggest solar event on Twitter, here’s the quick summary: #SolarChat has been going strong for three years now. It was originally launched by EcoOutfitters in November 2011. It is “a monthly discussion facilitated on Twitter that joins solar and renewable industry experts and solar-curious consumers to discuss issues relevant to solar

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/join-senator-harry-reid-rhone-resch-others-epic-solarchat/feed/ 1 US To See Uncertainty In 2014 Wind Sector http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/24/us-see-uncertainty-2014-wind-sector/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/24/us-see-uncertainty-2014-wind-sector/#comments Tue, 24 Dec 2013 13:10:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=60506 Originally published on ClimateProgress by Ryan Koronowski The U.S. House of Representatives has already gone on vacation back to their districts and the Senate effectively adjourned for 2013 on Friday, meaning that the one-year extension of the Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) will expire on January 1, 2014. The PTC is a $0.022 per kilowatt-hour tax credit on the

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/24/us-see-uncertainty-2014-wind-sector/feed/ 1 10 Million Solar Roofs Bill Moves Forward http://cleantechnica.com/2010/07/26/10-million-solar-roofs-bill-moves-forward/ http://cleantechnica.com/2010/07/26/10-million-solar-roofs-bill-moves-forward/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:38:21 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=13316 [social_buttons] If you haven’t heard by now, the U.S. Senate Energy Committee advanced a big piece of solar energy legislation last week (prior to the killing of the climate and clean energy bill). Vermont senator and Green Jobs Committee chairman Bernie Sanders got his “Ten Million Solar Roofs” bill through the influential Energy Committee on

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