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Cheap Renewables? Reuters Recycles the Myth

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#llinowes">Lisa Linowes</a> -- July 28, 2026

Editor: Reuters’ warning that ending wind and solar subsidies will raise electricity prices is the latest version of a familiar argument. Lisa Linowes (WindAction) challenged this argument when it was used to defend the Production Tax Credit in 2012 (Wind Energy Without the PTC) and in 2014 (AWEA Spins Price Distortions to Save PTC). More than a decade later, Reuters is again defending the undefendable. 

“Wind and solar developers naturally want the public to equate nameplate megawatts with reliable supply, subsidized bids with total costs, and rapid deployment with technical necessity. They are selling projects. Reuters should be doing something different. The press should test industry claims, not launder them into economic commonsense.”

Once again, a major media outlet is laundering the renewable-energy industry’s sales pitch through the authority of its news brand.…

BOEM Offshore Wind Approvals: Radar Risks Identified, Not Resolved

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#llinowes">Lisa Linowes</a> -- April 29, 2026

“Congress now has an opportunity—and an obligation—to correct this flawed process by requiring rigorous, upfront, full-footprint review of radar impacts on air safety and national security before any further offshore wind projects proceed to construction or operation.”

The Biden administration positioned large-scale offshore wind development as the centerpiece of its national decarbonization strategy. Under this mandate, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) conducted extensive multi-agency reviews, examining impacts on marine ecology, commercial fishing, and cultural resources. In rapid succession, it issued Findings of No Significant Impact and greenlit thirteen massive projects from Massachusetts to Virginia. 

However, one critical risk category—radar interference—presents direct and unresolved implications for civilian air safety and national security.

1. The Technical Reality: A Problem Without a “Silver Bullet”

Offshore wind turbines create a documented technical hazard: the massive rotating blades generate Doppler returns that primary radar systems often misinterpret as real targets.…

No More Easy Ride for Wind and Solar (OBBB guidance, risks ahead)

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#llinowes">Lisa Linowes</a> -- July 22, 2025

New wind and solar projects are expected to decline sharply over the next two years as the One Big Beautiful Bill’s strict tax credit rules, supply chain restrictions, and aggressive enforcement drive up costs and risk. With subsidies set to expire after 2027 for new projects, the decades-long era of easy tax-driven renewable development is coming to an end.

“Under the new law, eligibility for the Production Tax Credit (PTC) and Investment Tax Credit (ITC) has become far more complex and legally uncertain. That’s by design. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act prioritizes strengthening America’s energy system with reliable, dispatchable power—not tax-driven projects that weaken the grid’s resilience.”

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) marks a major shift in U.S. energy policy—one that places American taxpayers and national interests squarely at the center of federal energy incentives.…

Skipping the Rules: Offshore Wind’s Legal Issue

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#llinowes">Lisa Linowes</a> -- June 11, 2025

Big Wind/Solar Roll Taxpayers, Landscape: Legislative Bonanza: A Terror Unleashed

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#llinowes">Lisa Linowes</a> -- August 8, 2022

Understanding Industrial Wind’s Production Tax Credit (Part III: The Future)

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#llinowes">Lisa Linowes</a> -- August 19, 2020

Understanding Industrial Wind’s Production Tax Credit (Part II: 2020 Status)

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#llinowes">Lisa Linowes</a> -- August 18, 2020

Understanding Industrial Wind’s Production Tax Credit (Part I: Introduction)

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#llinowes">Lisa Linowes</a> -- August 17, 2020

Budweiser’s 100% Renewable Energy Start: Two Death Projects

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#llinowes">Lisa Linowes</a> -- July 22, 2019

Wind Turbine Noise: Real Impacts on Neighbors

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#llinowes">Lisa Linowes</a> -- March 1, 2019