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newsroom The Real StoryOn October 19, the Institute for Energy Research (IER), an anti-clean energy group that produces bogus research aimed at derailing U.S. policy away from clean, renewable sources of energy, struck again. This time the target was Germany, a global leader in wind energy; an earlier IER attack trained its falsehoods and flawed methodology on Denmark. The latest IER attack is focused on Germany’s "feed-in tariff," a system used in other countries to encourage the development of renewable energy. Their report is called 'Economic impacts from the promotion of renewable energies: The German Experience.' IER’s strategy is to discredit renewable energy in other countries at a time when the U.S. industry is growing and policies still being developed. This report goes so far as to include a state-by-state U.S. map showing how much a German-style feed-in tariff would increase electricity costs in each state. The U.S. Congress is considering a national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) which is a very different policy from the feed-in tariff so this comparison simply does not apply. Numerous studies by Energy Information Agency and others have shown that the market-based RES would decrease electricity prices. http://www.20percentwind.org/20percent_wind_energy_report_revOct08.pdf Previous IER reports have been discredited by prominent international organizations and think tanks. But the facts so far have not deterred their disinformation campaign, and we expect them to take on other countries that have successfully integrated wind into their energy mix. Stay tuned. You can find our responses to the earlier incorrect reports here http://www.awea.org/newsroom/real_story.html.
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