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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced a tax bill that would extend the biodiesel tax credit and other items related to blending infrastructure and wind, but the legislation will face objections in the Republican-controlled Senate.
The cost of building some renewable energy generators is down, according to a data analysis released this week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
The U.S. wind power industry closed 2017 strong, delivering 7,017 megawatts (MW) of new wind power capacity representing $11 billion in new private investment, according to the U.S. Wind Industry Fourth Quarter 2017 Market Report.
Total clean energy jobs across the country now outnumber coal and gas jobs by nearly 1.5 to 1, according to a report from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2017 - The roster of U.S. wind projects under construction and in advanced development as of the end of the third quarter of 2017 reached 29,634 megawatts (MW), the highest level since the statistic was first measured at the beginning of 2016, according to a new report from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 4, 2017 - Ameren Missouri is sharply increasing wind and solar power generation to provide consumer savings and reduce environmental impact.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2017 - House and Senate committees are busily debating energy policy options that include boosting support for coal, carbon capture and storage, using more wind and solar power, addressing climate change, and the federal energy research programs threatened by steep budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration.
WASHINGTON, August 30, 2017 - According to the Wind Technologies Market Report, wind power additions are up, costs are down and turbine size is growing.
