{"id":727,"date":"2008-11-07T10:11:23","date_gmt":"2008-11-07T10:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/new-president-new-renewable-energy-policies\/"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:54:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:54:17","slug":"new-president-new-renewable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/new-president-new-renewable\/","title":{"rendered":"New president, new renewable energy policies?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was thrilled to follow the American presidential election this week. A huge turnout, the outpour of emotion … it was quite moving to see all citizens swept up by the energy of political renovation. Speaking of energy, what does the new political scenario mean for the renewable energy sector? Enter Renewable Energy World with an article<\/a> exactly on this topic. “President-elect Barack Obama and Democrats in the House and Senate will have many items on the clean-energy agenda in 2009. Extending the Production Tax Credit, creating a Renewable Portfolio Standard and passing carbon cap and trade legislation are some of the top goals for lawmakers”, it says.<\/p>\n

Bloomberg also has written about the impact of the new presidency on renewables and sounded a positive note, saying that Barack may speed into the conversion to “an economy fueled by renewable energy.” The New York Times’ Green Inc. blog also got positive feedback about Obama from various industry representatives it interviewed for this post<\/a>. Finally, CNN Money opened an article saying that alternative energy sectors are likely to flourish under Obama, while fossil fuels may be in trouble.<\/p>\n

All this could mean that there will be more jobs in the so-called green collar <\/a> market. So what do you think? Will the renewable energy sector get stronger under Obama and more job opportunities will appear as a consequence?<\/p>\n

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