The US wind industry will make a fresh bid for federal tax credit relief to limit forecast financial fall-out from the coronavirus pandemic, as Congress considers advancing a new economic stimulus package targeting infrastructure later this month, after the renewable energy sector was shut out of the first $2trn injection from Washington in March.

President Donald Trump and opposition majority Democrats in the House of Representatives are floating ideas for massive multi-year infrastructure plans to create jobs amid soaring nationwide unemployment tied to the impact of Covid-19.