She
leaves
with
the
sector
experiencing
a
sharp
slowdown
in
activity.
Developers
have
cancelled
various
projects
and
turbine
orders,
the
supply
chain
is
slashing
its
workforce,
and
there
is
little
optimism
that
things
will
get
better
even
if
Congress
extends
the
wind
production
tax
credit
(PTC)
through
2013.
Bode’s
four-year
tenure
coincided
with
unprecedented
federal
government
support
for
wind
energy
under
President
Barack
Obama,
with
installations
doubling
to
51.6GW.
The
US
attracted
billions
of
dollars
in
investment
from
the
sector’s
major
players,
many
of
them
foreign,
including
EDF,
Iberdrola,
LM
Wind,
Siemens
and…
