Wind Tax Credits: 1992–2026 (never enough)

Ed. Note: This repost is timely given the end of the Investment Tax Credit and the Production Tax Credit for unstarted wind and solar projects as of July 4, 2026, (One Big Beautiful Bill of 2025). For started (‘safe harbor’) projects, it is business-as-usual, which explains why the projects were started in the first place. If an unstarted project is completed by year-end (highly unlikely), it would also receive the ITC and PTC. Yesterday, the solar chronology was presented.

Wind power has relied on the Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit, first established in 1992. The PTC has been extended 12 times: 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2022 (IRA).

Source: Energy Bad Boys.

The 2008 extension is not mentioned in the above graph.…

Solar Tax Credits: 1978–2026 (never enough)

Ed. Note: This repost is timely given the end of the Investment Tax Credit and the Production Tax Credit for unstarted projects as of July 4, 2026, pursuant to the One Big Beautiful Bill of 2025. For started (‘safe harbor’) projects, it is business-as-usual, which explains why the projects were started in the first place. If an unstarted project is completed by year-end (highly unlikely), it would also receive the ITC and PTC. Tomorrow, the history of wind power tax subsidization is chronicled.

“Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.”

– Milton and Rose Friedman, Tyranny of the Status Quo (1983), 115.

Aaron Nichols on LinkedIn provided a history of federal solar tax subsidies, beginning with Jimmy Carter. His point was to show that the numerous extensions (14 by my count) were bipartisan.…

Energy & Environmental Review: July 6, 2026

This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. Droz is also the author of the popular Substack Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues.

Unreliables (General):
*** Renewable Energy Will Impoverish Humanity
*** Renewables still provided only 6% of global primary energy in 2025

Wind Energy — Offshore:
Duke axes North Carolina offshore wind lease
Massachusetts Wants Ratepayers to Rescue Offshore Wind

Wind Energy — Other:
Asbestos discovered in 1,000 Chinese made wind turbines

Nuclear Energy:
Department of Energy Celebrates Second Advanced Reactor Achieving Criticality

Fossil Fuel Energy:
Elon Musk Is Buying Up America’s Gas Turbines
Japan cuts LNG imports in favour of coal

Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** Secretary Chris Wright’s arrival at the Department of Energy
A Tribute to Chris Wright as Private Citizen: Powerful Architect of Energy Humanism

Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** The Most Morally Inverted Movement Ever
*** NET ZERO has become a religion
*** Bjorn Lomborg blasts implausible scenarios used to scare public
*** Europe’s Deadly Aversion to Air Conditioning
Climate change” was politicized early on – thanks to Al Gore
Another Pillar of Climate Advocacy Collapses
Vatican Newspaper Taints ‘Encounter of Faith and Reason’ with Climate Falsehood
Louisiana Did the Right Thing by Blocking Climate Lawfare

Manmade Global Warming — The Science:
Dr.…

Independence Day: Driving, Grilling, Fireworks

Adaptation: Think about It (a ‘free-market jihadist’?)

Air Conditioning vs. Climate Activism: UK/EU Face the Music

The Baltic Eagle Gas Hub (US-to-EU LNG to the Rescue)

Roger Pielke Jr.: Guilty as Charged (DeSmog backfires again)

Affordability In, Renewables Out (again)

“Ecocide”: Joker in the Deck?