{"id":5820,"date":"2011-12-05T07:03:34","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T12:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=5820"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:46:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:46:28","slug":"new-website-asks-for-support-for-wind-power-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/new-website-asks-for-support-for-wind-power-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"New Website Asks For Support For Wind Power Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A new website called SaveUSAWindJobs<\/a> launched by the American Wind Energy Association<\/a> aims at involving Americans with wind power and put pressure on government to extend the Production Tax Credit (PTC), wind power\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s key federal tax incentive.<\/p>\n

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There has been a huge growth in the wind power manufacturing sector, which currently provides 75,000 jobs. It is estimated the sector could create another 500,000 jobs in the next 20 years. But without fiscal support it may not happen.<\/p>\n

Past experience showed than when PTC was allowed to expire, wind installations dropped between 73 and 93 per cent. The website provides detailed information on this issue, including a visual depiction of what it calls a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153preventable boom-bust cycle\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. It also features a 90-second video explaining how wind power energy<\/a> means jobs, and how the PTC is a key driver of job creation. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The SaveUSAWindJobs website is a powerful tool for the overwhelming majority of Americans who say they want more wind power,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Denise Bode, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The need for a PTC extension is urgent. I ask everyone who supports more clean, homegrown wind power and more American manufacturing jobs to engage their Members of Congress by tapping into this valuable resource.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

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