Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Treasury to Award Tax Credits for Clean Energy


The Treasury and Energy Departments plan to give $2.3 billion in tax credits from the Recovery Act to manufacturers of clean energy equipment.

“These tax credits will help create thousands of high-quality manufacturing jobs in some of the highest-growth segments of the economy,” said Energy Secretary Steven Chu in a statement. “This is an opportunity to develop our global leadership in clean energy manufacturing and build a secure, sustained base of jobs for America’s workers.”

The American Recovery and reinvestment Act created a new tax credit program by authorizing the Treasury to provide developers with an investment tax credit of 30

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