AMERICAN WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION
Navigant evaluated the impact of two scenarios of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) on the U.S. wind market through 2016.
Scope of Study
»We evaluated the impact of the following two scenarios:
Scenario 1: the PTC expires at the end of 2012.
Scenario 2: the PTC has a four-year extension and expires at the end of 2016.
The U.S. wind industry broke all previous records by installing close to 10,000 megawatts of new generating capacity in 2009 thanks to Recovery Act incentives. The total installed capacity in the U.S. is now over 35,000 MW. In 2009, 38 manufacturing facilities were brought online, announced or expanded…
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