By Nick Blitterswyk, CEO, UGE International. A group of Senators recently urged the US Department of Energy to continue funding programs for the domestic distributed wind energy industry. The bipartisan group, led by Sen. Al Franken, wrote a letter highlighting the clear potential for distributed wind power to “contribute many … [continued]
I just had a nice little chat with the CEO of a wind power company that I think most of our readers would be a fan of. The company, OwnEnergy, is focused on “community wind power projects” in the U.S. Community wind is sort of a nebulous term — … [continued]
by Richard W. Caperton (Climate Progress repost) The barrage of dirty energy bills being introduced in Congress is dizzying. With extreme policymakers looking to force the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, cut funding for public transportation and dismantle EPA air quality regulations, the situation is bleak. But there was some … [continued]
Two important pieces of legislation have been introduced in the House and Senate that would provide long-term certainty to the clean energy industry by extending tax credits for wind, geothermal, hydro and biomass facilities. Yesterday in the House, Washington Republican Dave Reichert and Oregon Democrat Earl Blumenauer introduced a piece of … [continued]
