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Deep research looking at all studies of avian deaths due to various energy generation systems. For some reason wind power is being stopped by claims about bird deaths at wind farms. The study finds that wind farms have a much lower rate of bird death than other installations like nuclear power plants or the oil refining systems.

A $5 billion expansion of clean energy manufacturing tax credits for wind, solar and electric vehicles is exactly what the doctor ordered. Vice President Biden announced today that the $2.3 billion of tax credits currently available under in the ARRA stimulus package’s section 48C Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit program will be expanded with an additional $5 billion. The additional funds will leverage $15 billion in private investment, work immediately to create new clean energy manufacturing jobs, and boost the America’s competitiveness in global clean tech innovation.

A $5 billion expansion of clean energy manufacturing tax credits for wind, solar and electric vehicles is exactly what the doctor ordered. Vice President Biden announced today that the $2.3 billion of tax credits currently available under in the ARRA stimulus package’s section 48C Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit program will be expanded with an additional $5 billion. The additional funds will leverage $15 billion in private investment, work immediately to create new clean energy manufacturing jobs, and boost the America’s competitiveness in global clean tech innovation.

The Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing incentive is meant to advance the green agenda while stimulating the economy by spurring the development of cleaner, greener automobiles. Ambitious. The energy department has approved direct loans to Nissan, Ford, Tesla Motors and Fisker Automotive totaling about $8 billion out of a budget of $25 billion. The magnitude of this program dwarfs other DOE campaigns like the $2.4 billion given to battery and electric vehicle component manufacturers and the $4 billion disbursed for “smart grid” projects.

There's a long list of Dept Of Energy and other government grants sending funding to promising CleanTech companies. The article's focus is on the funding of Fisker and whether/how VP Bidens people were involved with setting up the deal. This article is one of a wave of articles questioning whether "venture capitalist" is the right role for government. The principle may be that government venture capitalist activities interfere with the free market. However government loans and grants to businesses did not start with the Obama administration but has a long history.

There's a long list of Dept Of Energy and other government grants sending funding to promising CleanTech companies. The article's focus is on the funding of Fisker and whether/how VP Bidens people were involved with setting up the deal. This article is one of a wave of articles questioning whether "venture capitalist" is the right role for government. The principle may be that government venture capitalist activities interfere with the free market. However government loans and grants to businesses did not start with the Obama administration but has a long history.

Copenhagen Update: European Countries Agree to Construct Offshore Wind Supergrid | Sustainability | Fast Company

Nine European countries--Denmark, Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Ireland--signed the "North Seas' Countries Offshore Grid Initiative," a plan to create an offshore wind power supergrid in the North and North West seas. The plan means interconnection between the power grids in Europe allowing for electricity sales. In this case it's wind power in Ireland being sold to the rest of Europe. The article also mentions Desertec, a plan to put solar panels in North Africa to send electricity to Europe.