Colorado ranks 12th in the nation in wind energy production, according to the American Wind Energy Association(AWEA), and wind turbines will keep on turning in 2013. Congress voted to extend the tax credit on wind energy that many said was key to the survival of Colorado’s wind-power industry. The credit’s one-year extension was included in […]
Governors of Wind Energy States Banding Together
November 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
John Hickenlooper is one of a group of governors pushing congressional leaders to swiftly pass an extension of the federal production tax credit for wind energy, set to expire at the end of the year. Hickenlooper joined Iowa’s Terry Branstad, Kansas’ Sam Brownback, and Oregon’s John Kitzhaber on a conference call this week supporting the […]
Limon Projects to Increase Wind-Generated Electricity
November 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Wind farm operators race the clock to get their projects operating by the end of 2012, when the federal wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) is scheduled to expire. The credit pays wind farm operators $22 per megawatt hour of energy generated. Therefore, before the year ends, we expect to see the amount of electricity Colorado […]