Filed under: CleanTech, Climate Change, Green Building, Sustainability | Tags: DOE, Energy Star, Green Building, Renewable Energy, Standards, Sustainability Practices, Wind
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced that it has launched a “Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative.” This is a combined effort of the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy and DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office. The initiative has the two pronged objective of increasing U.S. manufacturing competitiveness (1) in the production of clean energy products, and (2) by increasing energy productivity. (more…)
The IRS released a private letter ruling (201311003) on March 15 regarding the placed in service date for a wind farm for purposes of claiming the production tax credit and depreciation. In the ruling, a limited liability company (1) completed physical construction on all wind turn generators (WTG), (2) all of the WTGs will have been individually commissioned and accepted, (3) a final commissioning certificate for the project as a whole was issued, and (4) all the permits and licenses needed to operate will have been issued. (more…)
Filed under: CleanTech, Sustainability | Tags: China, Incentives, Vietnam, Wind
No East Coast state has successfully spurred construction of an offshore wind farm. To make the industry viable, long-term federal tax incentives are also needed, industry analyst say.
O’Malley sweetens wind farm proposal, The Washington Post, B2 “In Session” (January 23, 2013)
The United States International Trade Commission (“Commission”) in a close vote on January 18, 2013 determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of utility scale wind towers from China and Vietnam. (more…)
Filed under: CleanTech, Sustainability | Tags: Alternative Energy, Department of Energy, DOE, Incentives, Solar, Wind
In response to concerns about severe shortages of rare earth metals needed for clean energy applications, on January 9, 2013, the Department of Energy announced the formation of a Critical Materials Institute (more…)
Construction approvals have been granted by the US Department of Interior for a 1,000 turbine 3000MW wind farm in a rural Wyoming area called, ironically, Carbon County. The prime mover for the deal is (more…)
