Key tax credits set to fuel dozens of gigawatts of new US wind and solar capacity over the next few years “look secure”, with Republicans unlikely to go after incentives already programmed to expire, says Greg Wetstone, chief executive of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) industry group.

The fate of the wind production tax credit (PTC) and solar investment tax credit (ITC) were perhaps the biggest concern for the US renewables industry following the election last November of President Donald Trump, an ardent supporter of fossil fuels who has had few positive things to say about the rapidly growing US renewables industry either before or during his time in the White House.