Gone with the Wind Subsidies
The year 2012 marks a monumental yet depressing milestone for the wind energy industry: 20 years of tax credits. The federal renewable energy production tax… Read More
The year 2012 marks a monumental yet depressing milestone for the wind energy industry: 20 years of tax credits. The federal renewable energy production tax… Read More
Can an environmentalist morally argue for overpriced, taxpayer-funded green energy technology if it means killing off a protected species? That’s what is happening now in… Read More
Google is coming to a (future) offshore wind farm near you. In an announcement Tuesday, the technology giant said it is joining with investment firm… Read More
After nearly a decade, the Cape Wind offshore project has a lease approval from the Department of Interior, but it is not quite up and… Read More
What was normally a peaceful, quiet way of life for residents of Vinalhaven, an island off the coast of Maine, suddenly became loud and unbearable… Read More
Much of the justification for subsidies, tax credits, and mandates for increasing wind energy production in the U.S. is that it will create jobs and… Read More
By the year 2000, if present trends continue, we will be using up crude oil at such a rate…that there won’t be any more crude… Read More
One of the common arguments made against wind power is that without government subsidies, mandates or tax credits, wind turbines would not be built. But… Read More
President Obama has been quite adamant about his push to transition to a clean energy economy, most notably by subsidizing wind and solar energy sources…. Read More
Chris Horner from the Competitive Enterprise Institute is at it again, doing his best Sherlock Holmes imitation. After a Spanish study warned that renewable energy… Read More