EnergyAnalysis
Subsidies and Mandates for Biofuel Don’t Provide Enough Stability?
With the Senate considering extending a package of tax credits that expired at the end of 2013, six Senators have banded together to call on… Read More
Baucus Continues Losing Streak with Energy Tax Reform Draft
Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Max Baucus (D–MT) released a draft bill to reform the way the tax code treats energy. This latest draft… Read More
Wind Power: Only When the Wind Blows and the Subsidies Flow
Wind turbines produce power only when the wind is blowing. But perhaps more importantly, wind production builds only when the subsidies are flowing. The wind… Read More
Great Green Fleet = Big Red Ink
It seems that Washington has a mandate, subsidy, or loan program for every bad idea. Today’s example is military biofuels. Just this spring, the Defense… Read More
Renewable Fuels: Raze the Maize Mandate
Senators John Barrasso (R–WY), Mark Pryor (D–AR), and Pat Toomey (R–PA) introduced a bill today to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Efforts in the… Read More
Offshore Wind: The New Math
The Bureau of Ocean Energy and Management (BOEM) recently provided some statistics on NRG’s Bluewater Wind project off the coast of New Jersey that show… Read More
Garbage Collecting a Green Job? According to Government, Yes!
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released yet another green jobs report that has green advocates gushing in ways they couldn’t if they actually read… Read More
DOE Grant Recipient Fleeces Taxpayers to Benefit Green Investors
Solar Mosaic, a solar microfinancing outfit that received a $2 million Department of Energy (DOE) grant last summer and exploits a 30 percent federal tax… Read More
Why Wind Power Has Low Economic Value
Michael Goggin, manager of transmission policy at the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), posted a second response to my report “Wind Intermittency and the Production… Read More
Solyndra-Linked Executive to Lead Pentagon’s Advanced Tech Agency
A venture capital executive with ties to defunct solar company Solyndra has been hired as the new chief of the Defense Department program heading up… Read More
