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| 21 Oct 2009 08:40:37 pm |
 Bogus group strikes again, this time against Germany's wind |
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On October 19, the Institute for Energy Research (IER), an anti-clean energy group that produces bogus research aimed at derailing US policy away from clean, renewable sources of energy, struck again. This time the target was Germany, a global leader in wind energy; an earlier IER attack trained its falsehoods and flawed methodology on Denmark.
The latest IER attack is focused on Germany’s “feed-in tariff,” a system used outside the United States to encourage the development of renewable energy. Their report is called, "Economic impacts from the promotion of renewable energies: The German Experience." The report asserts that the feed-n tariff "has failed to harness the market incentives needed to ensure a viable and cost-effective introduction
of renewable energies into the country’s energy portfolio."
IER’s strategy clearly is to discredit wind energy in other countries at a time when the U.S. industry is growing, and U.S. policies are still being developed. This report goes so far as to include a state-by-state US map showing how much a German-style feed-in tariff would increase electricity costs in each state. The problem is that the United States is not considering a feed in tariff as a means to encourage wind development because it would not work. Instead, the US is considering a free-market based national Renewable Electricity Standard, and numerous studies have shown that an RES would decrease electricity prices.
Previous IER reports have been discredited by prominent international organizations and think tanks. You can find our responses to the earlier incorrect report here. But pushing back with facts the facts so far has not deterred IER's disinformation campaign, and we expect them to take on other countries that have successfully integrated wind into their energy mix. Stay tuned. |
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Category : AWEA News
| Posted By : Chris Madison |
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