American renewables organizations sound the alarm

If there are no changes to the tax reform adopted by the US Senate over the weekend, it will result in "huge instability and uncertainty", says the American renewables industry.
VE-organisationer håber at de kan få republikanske senatorer til at ændre i det skatteforslag, der lørdag blev vedtaget. Evt. Chuck Grassley fra Iowa, hvor Vestas kort før afstemningen annoncerede en ny ordre. | Photo: /ritzau/AP/J. Scott Applewhite
VE-organisationer håber at de kan få republikanske senatorer til at ændre i det skatteforslag, der lørdag blev vedtaget. Evt. Chuck Grassley fra Iowa, hvor Vestas kort før afstemningen annoncerede en ny ordre. | Photo: /ritzau/AP/J. Scott Applewhite

The solar and wind industry in the US has been thrown into uncertainty. Saturday night, a small majority of the Senate adopted a tax reform, which introduces several elements that could fundamentally risk eroding investments in renewables. Even though the proposal does not directly wind down the PTC scheme and Safe Harbor provision, as does the proposal from the House of Representatives.

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