https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2014/05/07/this-is-why-wind-energy-can-neither-have-nor-produce-nice-things/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 15:04:12 -0400<![CDATA[The wind lobby has yet to give up on their quest to renew the egregiously generous production tax credit that essentially keeps the wind industry afloat by providing 2.3 cents for every kilowatt-hour of energy output during the first ten years of a given project’s operation; that lucrative subsidy expired on January 1st of this year, but it wouldn&#8217;t be the first time &#8212; or the second, or the third &#8212;  that Congress has belatedly bestowed a retroactive extension. Most recently, the wind industry was awarded a one-year extension of the credit at the start of 2013, with the new and convenient condition that any project that simply began construction in 2013 would receive the full benefits of the credit (whereas in the past, installations had to be completed) &#8212; and for a demonstration of just how precious that credit really is, here are a couple of handy visuals via The Atlantic:]]>Wed, 07 May 2014 21:21:28 -0400<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2014/05/07/this-is-why-wind-energy-can-neither-have-nor-produce-nice-things-n189593