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Thousands of green energy jobs under threat from end of US grant
Last August, when state energy regulators in California green-lighted the first large-scale solar thermal power plant in two decades, they kicked off what renewable energy backers said would be a solar boom, bringing jobs and revenue to the fiscally troubled state.
The California Energy Commission's approval of the Beacon Solar Energy project wasn't the only development milestone for big solar development this summer. Five other projects have reached the home stretch of approval by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
But while those projects and others have cleared regulatory hurdles, they're also facing a major roadblock-the expiration at the end of this year of a federal program that would pick up the tab for almost one-third of each project's costs.
Now, urged on by national renewable energy advocates, a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers is pushing to extend the program for two years, a move they say would spark billions of dollars in investment and create thousands of jobs, but election season politics and a crowded legislative calendar make passage uncertain.
An extension to the program was introduced by U.S. Senators George LeMieux (R-Fl), and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) while Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI) introduced a bill in the house that would ... more

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