wind farming

In this February 3, 2010 file photograph, a crew from enXco Energy Services from California inspects a windmill in Chaska, Minnesota. With the U.S. Senate and House struggling to strike a deal to avoid a fiscal cliff of automatic spending cuts and tax increases, chances worsen for extending a federal renewable energy production tax credit that expires December 31, 2012. Without the credit, experts believe investors will be reluctant to put money into building wind farms. (Jim Gehrz/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)