The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) said the tiny addition came in the first quarter of the year – with none at all being added in the April-June period.

According to AWEA, the standstill bears out its warnings of the dramatic impact of delaying renewal of the federal Production Tax Credit (PTC) until New Year's Day.

AWEA CEO Tom Kiernan said:“The market pattern playing out in US wind energy right now tracks exactly with warnings sounded by the industry a year ago, and with studies that examined the consequences of not extending the PTC.

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