Combine that with elimination of .gov money (remember the jibes at Gore during last year's snowstorm? - those guys just got elected to congress) and all the hype around fracked gas, and it's seems unlikely we'll see a continuation of the boom - bubble (?) in wind power installations.
New US wind turbine installations have slowed significantly this year, compared to 2009, and the decline is having consequences. Among other fallout, Suzlon is mothballing a four-year-old wind turbine factory in Minnesota and laying off the remaining 110 workers, due to a lack of new orders. While the industry pins most of the blame for the slowdown on insufficiently aggressive federal energy policies, it suddenly occurred to me to wonder whether wind power, like housing, might have been caught up in an investment bubble that has finally popped, somewhat belatedly.
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