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Where Are the Jobs? – The elusiveness of job creation under the section 1603 grant program for renewable energy
June 18, 2012
by Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Majority Staff
This important document examines the Section 1603 cash grant program relative to job creation. The report states that most current methods used to calculate jobs created by Section 1603 are largely unreliable. What accurate jobs data that exists for Section 1603 shows that it produces very few long-term jobs. Also, Section 1603 has resulted in higher costs to the taxpayer than previously anticipated. The executive summary of the report is provided below. To access the full report, click on the link(s) at the bottom of this page.
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Impact on Economy]
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General]
Department of the Interior Inspector General evaulation of BLM Renewable Energy Program
June 12, 2012
by Mary L. Kendall
The Department of the Interior's Inspector General conducted a review of BLM's management of land leased for solar and wind projects. The findings of the IG highlighted significant failures of the Bureau related to poor monitoring of projects. Nationally, BLM has more than 30,000 acres currently under wind ROW and more than 31,000 acres under solar ROW. In addition, BLM has identified almost 21 million acres of public lands with wind energy development potential, and more than 20 million acres that have the potential for solar energy development.
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General]
Bats and Wind Energy—A literature synthesis and annotated bibliography
May, 2012
by Laura E. Ellison
This document, prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, provides a current review of bat mortality due to wind turbines. The executive summary is shown below. The full report can be accessed by selecting the link at the bottom of the page.
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Impact on Bats]
Alliance letter: FAA ignores air safety risks posed by Cape Wind
May 22, 2012
by Audra Parker, President and CEO of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound
This revealing letter to the FAA documents a clear pattern of political pressure on the FAA to rush the review process of Cape Wind thus creating a possibility of threats to air safety and national security. A portion of the letter is provided below. The full letter can be accessed by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page.
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Safety|
Massachusetts]
Linowes testimony before the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittees
April 19, 2012
by Lisa Linowes
This month, two subcommittees of the House of Representatives Science, Space, and Technology Committee[1] held a joint hearing, “Impact of Tax Policies on the Commercial Application of Renewable Energy Technology.” Windaction.org's Lisa Linowes was one of nine witnesses who testified. A summary of Ms. Linowes testimony follows. The full text of her testimony can be accessed at the links at the bottom of this page.
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Tax Breaks & Subsidies|
Energy Policy]
Present law and analysis of energy-related tax expenditures
March 23, 2012
by Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure of the Senate Committee on Finance
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Tax Breaks & Subsidies]
This paper by Gordon Hughes evaluates the economics of large wind. The executive summary of his report appears below. The full report can be accessed by clicking on the links at the bottom of this page.
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Energy Policy]
System-wide emissions implications of increased wind power penetration
February, 2012
by Lauren Valentino, Viviana Valenzuela, Audun Botterud, Zhi Zhou, and Guenter Conzelmann
A new study from Argonne National Laboratory, part of the US Department of Energy, has found that increasing wind power many not lower grid emissions as much as previously thought.
The crux of the problem is wind's intermittency -- turbines generate power only when the wind is blowing. This requires that grid maintain backup systems to provide baseload power during periods of calm. The full report can be accessed by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page.
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General]
Population-level impact of white-nose syndrome on the endangered Indiana bat
January 1, 2012
by Wayne E. Thogmartin, R. Andrew King, Patrick C. Mckann, Jennifer A. Szymanski, and Lori Pruitt
The important report examines the impact of White Nose Syndrome on Indiana bat populations and the opportunity, if any, for the populations to recover. In addition, renewable energy generation has resulted in the erection of thousands of wind turbines in the midwestern United States, resulting in significant mortality of both migrant and resident bats. The abstract of the paper is below. The full report can be accessed by clicking on the links at the bottom of this page.
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Impact on Wildlife|
Impact on Bats]
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