Vestas: US wind energy market on the brink of collapse

James S Murray
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Turbine manufacturer tells the Financial Times that failure to extend tax credit will lead to 95 per cent reduction in demand

The US wind turbine market will go into free fall next year if urgent action is not taken to extend a popular wind farm development tax credit before it expires at the end of the year. That is the stark...

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