Environmental Capital - WSJ.com : Gusty Weather: A Last Record Year for U.S. Wind Power?

In a way, wind power did so well this year because of the uncertainty over the tax credits. As in the solar-power industry, lots of developers rushed to get projects underway this year, while the tax credits were still available. That has helped empty the 2009 project pipeline, as well.

So what would keep wind power hopping? The AWEA has a huge wish list for the next administration—longer-term tax credits, federal clean-energy requirements, national climate-change legislation, and new investment in transmission capacity.