There are many reason why wind projects can fall off the edge of the map. One is that people generally support these projects, until they are going to be build near where they live and/or can see them. Remember, the late Senator Ted Kennedy, along with John Kerry, fought hard against the Cape Wind Project. Many enviroweenies and Warmists support them in theory. In practice, only Somewhere Else. Another is money
(The Hill) Investors in wind-generated power nearly abandoned ship when Congress let the tax credits for wind projects expire, a new report says.
Installations of new U.S. wind projects fell 93 percent last year. A Navigant Research report says wind power installations had increased to a record high of 13,100 in 2012, according to the Houston Chronicle.
After deadlines passed in Congress and the $2 billion tax credit failed to boost investments, financiers pulled heir backing of projects.
Without the massive taxpayer backed funding, these projects make little economic sense.
Now, that “according” link leads to FuelFix (which is owned by the Houston Chronicle), not the Houston Chronicle, which leads to another FuelFix article by the AP
House Republicans complain the Obama administration is refusing to turn over documents related to enforcing environmental laws at wind farms where dozens of eagles and other protected birds have been killed.
Rep. Doc Hastings of Washington says the Fish and Wildlife Service has engaged in a “deliberate slow rolling of documents and answers†for nearly a year. Hastings is the chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee.
I’m shocked, shocked! that anyone in the Obama Executive Branch would stonewall Congress. This never happens under Obama.
