*Across the ‘valley of death’: How the wind industry will cope without tax credits*
do they really mean tax credits or is it lefty code for subsidies?
Same thing. Tax credits are one form of subsidy.
Ask the GOP, it was the GOP controlled congress that passed what was called the Ryan Budget that extended the renewable tax credits.
Most windmills are located in GOP House districts. Most windmill component manufacturers are located in GOP House districts.
In the great republican state of Texas they spent over $7 billion on new transmission lines to transport wind power, but that is paid for by ratepayers, not taxpayers