Q-and-A with EDP Renewables' Gabriel Alonso
Gabriel Alonso is CEO of EDP Renewables North America and chairman-elect of the American Wind Energy Association. He took time to answer some questions for SmartBrief. The extension of the renewable-energy Production Tax Credit is crucial for wind, Alonso said. "The wind industry has done a great job creating a nonpartisan coalition supporting the PTC, and I am confident Congress understands how important wind is to the U.S. economy and the future energy mix," Alonso said. Read the interview.
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What areas of the wind industry are you most excited about?
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32% |
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Offshore wind |
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29% |
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New technology |
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24% |
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Community wind |
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17% |
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Emerging global markets |
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What was the biggest wind-power story of 2012?
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The battle in Congress over the Production Tax Credit extension |
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35% |
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Workforce reductions in the industry worldwide |
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4% |
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The differences between Obama and Romney on renewables policy |
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What kind of Q4 is your company having?
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54% |
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Things are slowing down |
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26% |
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Work has increased |
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21% |
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No change from the previous quarter |
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On which level of wind farm regulations is your company focused?
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47% |
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They are all of equal concern |
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26% |
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Federal |
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14% |
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State |
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14% |
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Local |
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To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful.
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The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice.
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Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
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Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.
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A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.
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In times of change, learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.
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One thing I am convinced more and more is true and that is this: The only way to be truly happy is to make others happy. When you realize that and take advantage of the fact, everything is made perfect.
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Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
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