Appearing on a panel with Susan Reilly, CEO at RES Americas, and Susan Innis, senior manager of public affairs at Vestas, Kiernan highlighted for attendees the extraordinary success the U.S. wind industry experienced in 2012, a record-breaking year that included more than 13 GW in installed capacity. However, to underscore the point that wind energy needs policy stability to flourish, Kiernan noted that the U.S. wind industry has dropped to just 1.1 GW of projects under construction through the second quarter due to uncertainty. He said that the key challenge was the unpredictable political environment and that policymakers “need to enable the industry to reach its full potential” through creating stable policy.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 05:57:04 +0000
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