Developers
can
now
qualify
for
the
production
tax
credit
(PTC)
if
they
begin
construction
before
it
expires,
not
placed
in
service
as
earlier
required.
The
incentive
pays
$22
per
MWh,
inflation-adjusted,
for
the
first
decade
a
project
is
on
line.
“We
still
expect
a
big
decline
in
wind
build.
It
will
be
a
slow
year
for
completed
projects,”
says
Matt
DaPrato,
a
senior
research
analyst
at
IHS
Emerging
Energy
Research.
For
now,
the
consultancy
has
forecast
1.2GW
in
new
installations
versus
a
record
12GW
to
13GW
in
2012,
when
developers
rushed
to
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