Tag: Renewables

The American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) December summit began this week, and the organization’s anti-renewable energy resolution has been a major focus. Backed by fossil fuel titans like Koch Industries and Exxon Mobil, ALEC has been trying all year to roll back renewable portfolio standards (RPS) in states across the country with little success. At most, bills were introduced…

It was only a matter of time before wind energy supporters fired back at the fossil fuel-funded Institute for Energy Research (IER) for releasing a report this week that was peppered with falsehoods. It didn’t help that its sister organization, the American Energy Alliance, equated the federal wind production tax credit (PTC) as “welfare” in…

[caption id="attachment_314084" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] From mayors to college students, the pool of people who want the U.S. to fully embrace renewable energy keeps growing—along with the amount of goals for our use of wind and solar power. Several states have solar and wind power goals in mind for the future, but…

Aside from the natural concerns that accompany most changes, a five-figure price tag is oftentimes what unnerves people about going solar. Such a number presents it as a sizable investment—which it is–but doesn’t immediately reveal the savings when compared to other forms of electricity. This week, Cost of Solar, an online energy resource and national…

By Jeff Spross The Institute for Energy Research (IER) has a new study out arguing against tax credits for wind energy on very odd grounds. Specifically, the study looks into the production tax credit (PTC) for wind energy, which was first passed in 1992, updated by the 2009 stimulus bill, and will probably expire at the end of this year…