Biofuels
received
$6.64bn
last
year,
the
most
federal
assistance
within
the
renewables
sector,
up
66.4%
from
$3.99bn
in
2007.
Wind
was
next
with
$4.98bn,
more
than
a
10-fold
increase
from
$476m.
Solar
and
biomass
received
$1.11bn
each,
versus
$179m
and
$61m
respectively.
Geothermal
received$273m
compared
with
$14m
in
2007,
while
hydro
got
$216m
against
$170m.
Other
renewables
obtained
$302m,
up
from
$224m
in
2007.
EIA
reports
that
oil
and
gas
subsidies
last
year
were
$2.82bn
versus
$2.01bn
in
2007,
$1.35bn
for
coal
against
$1.94bn,
and
$2.49bn
for
nuclear
compared
with
$1.71bn.
The…
