Today the Solar Energy Industry Association issued its 2009 year-end report, following similar reports from the American Wind Energy Association and the Geothermal Energy Association.
Angela Knight, chief executive of the Energy UK - the trade association for the energy sector - told BBC News the industry had been taken by surprise by the PM's announcement and more clarity was needed on the government's position.
In 2009, the Wind Energy Association believed that, in comparison to 2008, there would be -- the growth in wind energy would be about half what it had been in 2008 based on the availability of credit.
"The two don't necessarily work together, " says Gaynor Hartnell, head of the Renewable Energy Association.
Gordon Edge, an economist at the British Wind Energy Association, dismisses talk of crowding out.
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And warnings of a major contraction ahead have already been sounded by the American Wind Energy Association.
In 2010, installed global offshore wind capacity reached 3, 000 MW, according to the European Wind Energy Association.
Gregory Wetstone has overseen government affairs for the American Wind Energy Association, a Washington trade group, for a year.
About 6GW of wind capacity is either in construction or approved, according to the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA).
The British Wind Energy Association, organiser of the ongoing conference in London, now wants to see the renewables obligation extended.
Even before the new cuts were announced, Athens had been targeted for legal action by the Hellenic Association of Photovoltaic Energy Producers (SPEF).
Both governments are facing action from sector investors and trade groups, with Athens under attack from the Hellenic Association of Photovoltaic Energy Producers (SPEF).
In 2011, installers put into service 26% fewer megawatts of small wind turbines than they did in 2010, said the American Wind Energy Association.
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Last week the American Wind Energy Association announced wind grew 40%.
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The American Wind Energy Association is answering its critics.
"We want to get to the finish line on this, " says Greg Wetstone, senior director of governmental and public affairs for the American Wind Energy Association.
Greg Wetstone, a lobbyist for the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), is optimistic that the renewable standard will pass, but he acknowledges it won't be easy.
The European Wind Energy Association is targeting 40 gigawatts of offshore wind in the European Union by 2020 and says eventually offshore wind can provide 10% of Europe's power.
Corin Millais, chief executive of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), says there has been a big change in the way the industry has developed during the past five years.
Competitor GE Wind Energy, a unit of General Electric, ranked number one in wind turbines sales in the U.S. in 2009, according to a recent report from the American Wind Energy Association.
Faced with mounting pressure from the world powers over its controversial nuclear program, Iran said last month that it was ready to re-engage with the International Atomic Energy Association, the U.N. nuclear watchdog.
Last month the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), with the help of a bipartisan trio of governors in states that benefit heavily from the subsidy, held an event endorsing the tax credit.
Still, the American Wind Energy Association says that it has bipartisan backing to pass such an extension, noting that Republican representatives in such states as Iowa and Texas are doing the heavy lifting.
"It's a tough time these days to get legislation through, " says Wetstone, a former Hill staffer who, prior to joining American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), spent 10 directing advocacy efforts for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
The great river of wind that flows from Texas to the Canadian border is one of the finest renewable energy reserves in the world and the American Wind Energy Association estimates that it could power America twice over.
"A large number of the 'actions' in the strategy are not actions at all, if by that we mean proposed concrete steps to deliver real policy changes, " said Seb Berry, head of microrenewables at the Renewable Energy Association.
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Conventional geothermal power stations worldwide have a total capacity of 10.7 gigawatts (GW) and will generate 67, 250 gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy this year enough to supply power to more than 52.5m people in 24 countries, according to America's Geothermal Energy Association.
According to Randall Swisher, executive director of the American Wind Energy Association, which represents the interests of the wind power industry, the court's decisions and the investment in renewable fuels illustrates the "growing consensus" that something must be done to curb global warming.
Of course at the same time there are a bunch of other utilities, like AEP, along with independent power producers like NRG Energy and renewable advocates like the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), who want badly to get the grid up and running.
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But that estimate, often invoked by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), is corroborated by a recent study by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) on the job creation impacts of the grant program that explicitly excludes jobs associated with the Bush-era projects.
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