No worries wind industry, Sen Manchin has your back...
Utility Dive (7/27/22) reports: "Developers installed 3,188 MW of utility-scale clean power in the second quarter, 55% less than the same period last year, according to a new report from the American Clean Power Association. Solar installations dropped 53%, while wind installations declined 78%, according to the report. However, installations of energy storage grew 13%. ACP attributes the decline to economic uncertainty and policy inaction. 'Congressional inaction and uncertainty on long-term tax policy, tariff and trade restrictions, and transmission constraints all impact the demand for clean energy at a time when we need to be rapidly scaling up development,' ACP CEO Heather Zichal said in a statement...While solar has suffered primarily because of tariff uncertainty and supply chain challenges, wind development is down substantially as a result of the planned phase-out of the production tax credit, according to Tara Narayanan, Americas power, gas & carbon analyst at BloombergNEF, which has tracked similar trends as ACP. An extension of the tax credit was expected as part of the Build Back Better bill, but it now seems unlikely the bill will pass Congress."
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"Without their subsidies, wind and solar are little more than boutique industries, supplying electricity to very specific, remote locations. They're nothing more than a hood ornament on the larger energy vehicle."
– Jason Hayes, Mackinac Center
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