The
potential
absence
of
the
PTC
in
2013,
"in
concert
with
continued
low
natural
gas
prices
and
modest
electricity
demand
growth...
threatens
to
dramatically
slow
new
builds".
That's
the
conventional
wisdom
summed
up
in
the
latest
Department
of
Energy
(DOE)
Wind
Technologies
Market
Report
for
2011.
The
93-page
report
[
PDF]
–
authored
primarily
by
Ryan
Wiser
and
Mark
Bolinger
of
the
Lawrence
Berkeley
National
Laboratory
and
required
reading
for
anyone
in
the
industry
–
distills
much
of
the
information
made
available
by
trade
and
market
research
groups
such
as
the…
