http://www.windaction.org/ facts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impacts en-us Windaction hourly 1 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.windaction.org/articles/35724 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 03:32:28 GMT The politics of renewable energy headed the agenda in battleground Nevada on Tuesday, as Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar opened a fifth annual green energy conference with the announcement that a 12-square-mile wind energy farm in rural White Pine County will begin producing electricity. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35724 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35074 Fri, 25 May 2012 11:20:38 GMT Programs to support wind-energy projects for Nevadans have been a financial flop so far, according to the state Bureau of Consumer Protection. But NV Energy of Las Vegas and Sierra Pacific Power of Reno say changes are being made, and the program should continue. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35074 http://www.windaction.org/articles/33780 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:50:49 GMT The plant was built with the help of a federal grant of approximately $65.7 million through the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and the loan from John Hancock is 80 percent guaranteed by the federal government. http://www.windaction.org/articles/33780 http://www.windaction.org/articles/33265 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:35:11 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/33265 http://www.windaction.org/articles/33200 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:21:28 GMT In a remote desert spot in northern Nevada, there is a geothermal plant run by a politically connected clean energy start-up that has relied heavily on an Obama administration loan guarantee and is now facing financial turmoil. The company is Nevada Geothermal Power, which like Solyndra, the now-famous California solar company, is struggling with debt after encountering problems at its only operating plant. http://www.windaction.org/articles/33200 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20321 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:18:49 GMT Nevada has handed out tax incentives worth an estimated $45 million to lure solar and geothermal projects to Nevada over the past four years. So far, the state has received in return promises that the projects' developers will create 89 permanent jobs. It's a number so small that some lawmakers are questioning whether taxpayers are getting a good return on their investment in the incentives. http://www.windaction.org/articles/20321 http://www.windaction.org/articles/2574 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:49:16 GMT Advocates of renewable energy say federal tax credits for solar and wind power projects will expire next year before Nevada projects can be approved and operating. http://www.windaction.org/articles/2574 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19343 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:46:51 GMT The current fiscal catastrophe in Nevada is being further damaged by the governor's office, which has given carte blanche to alternative wind energy limited liability companies to move into Nevada and game the tax credit system and then to follow tax subsidies that are solely funded by taxpayer money. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19343 http://www.windaction.org/articles/1431 Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:39:13 GMT It all sounds nice and crunchy on the surface, but Whole Foods might soon find itself picketed the same way Wal-Mart is, but instead of unions it'll be environmentalists. http://www.windaction.org/articles/1431