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An Analysis of Three Myths Regarding The Green Jobs Programs of Spain and The US

By Agopstein on May 28, 2009 Comments Off on An Analysis of Three Myths Regarding The Green Jobs Programs of Spain and The US American Clean Energy and Security Act, April 2009, Avi Gopstein, boom/bust cycle, Department of Energy’s 20% Wind Energy by 2030 report, domestic RET investment, economic modeling, EIA, EIA Report #: SR-OIAF/2009-04, Energy Information Administration, energy subsidies, Feed In Tariffs, FIT, Gabriel Alvarez, Gabriel Calzada, Gabriel Calzada Alvarez, government spending, Heintz and Light, job loss, King Juan Carlos University, KJCU Study, manufacturing base, president obama, private sector spending, Producer Tax Credits, PTC, PTCs, Renewable Electricity Standard, renewable energy technologies, RET deployment, RETs, Spanish, Spanish public policies, Spanish RET subsidies, stimulate growth, Study of the effects on employment of public aid to renewable energy sources, Tall Tales from Spain, U.S. energy market, wind energy capacity

Dr. Gabriel Alvarez from King Juan Carlos University authored a May 2009 study entitled “Study of the effects on employment of public aid to renewable energy sources” (KJCU Study). Dr. Alvarez has tried repeatedly to correlate the Spanish investment and experience with Renewable Energy technologies (RETs) with that of the U.S. However, even cursory analyses of the Spanish public policies that have been employed over the past decade reveal significant and dramatic differences from the current and proposed domestic (U.S.) approach to RET deployment, and thereby obviate any implied correlation between the negative conclusions of the KJCU Study and the impact of the domestic RET investment. Additionally, included within the KJCU Study are several assumptions with respect to the economics of the U.S. investment inRETs that are fundamentally incorrect.

2,800 MW new wind energy capacity added so far this year

By Chris de Morsella on April 28, 2009 1 Comment American Wind Energy Association, AWEA, layoffs, stimulus package, Treasury Department, wind energy, wind energy capacity, wind energy sector

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has reported that in the 1rst quarter of this year 2,800 MW of new wind energy capacity was added to the nations existing stock. This is much needed good news for an industry reeling from frozen credit markets and the recession. In the first three months of this year (2009) the AWEA reported that approximately three dozen developers started wind farms in 15 states adding about twice the capacity that came on line last year during the same period. This is enough to power for more than 800,000 average American homes.