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  • Tuesday, March 9, 2010

    WIND EXECS CLAMOR FOR RES

    Wind Industry Leaders to Congress: Pass National Renewable Electricity Standard to Create Jobs and Maintain American Competitiveness
    March 9, 2010 (American Wind Energy Association)

    "Leading wind energy industry executives called on Congress… to pass a strong national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) as the best way to save and create U.S. jobs."

    [Vic Abate, Vice President for Renewables, leading U.S. turbine maker GE Energy:] “We need to drive demand in a stable, predictable way…For the jobs to grow the Renewable Electricity Standard is critical.”

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    It is time not to back off of New Energy-supportive policies but to add them. (click to enlarge)

    [John W. Grabner, President, Cleveland, Ohio, turbine bolt manufacturer Cardinal Fastener:] “There are three main points to make about the RES: jobs, jobs, and jobs...”

    [Ned Hall, Executive Vice President, AES Wind Generation:] “As a global power company, we balance and make decisions about where to invest years in advance…So I am here to call on Congress to pass a national Renewable Electricity Standard, to create long-term demand in the U.S.”

    For only the money it costs to pay for the ink in the pen the President uses to sign an RES into law, the nation gains more than a quarter of a million jobs. (click to enlarge)

    [Donald Furman, Senior Vice President, Iberdrola Renewables:] “Manufacturers are chomping at the bit to come to the U.S. and it would be a tragedy if this investment were to stop…The RES is the missing link.”

    "…In 2009, wind power was neck and neck with natural gas as the leading source of new electricity in the country. The U.S. added nearly 10,000 megawatts (MW) of new wind power generating capacity, enough to power the equivalent of 2.4 million homes or generate as much electricity as three large nuclear power plants."

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