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Wind energy job growth isn't blowing anyone away
Renewable energy companies, faced with limited demand, often used parts and equipment in stock or imported renewable technology instead of building turbines or solar cells domestically. Industry analysts and energy company executives said job growth is also hampered by lingering uncertainties in federal energy policy. Those include questions about when or whether existing tax breaks will expire and whether the Senate will pass a climate bill that would make fossil fuels more expensive -- and renewable energy more competitive. The federal stimulus bill spared the wind and solar industries steep job losses last year, executives said. In the wind industry, the bill sa...
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