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Published online 1 October 2008 | Nature 455, 572-573 (2008) | doi:10.1038/455572b

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Credit crunch threatens US wind-energy projects

Tax incentives mean nothing if companies don't make enough profit.

Wind developers in the United States could be the first among the energy sector to fall victim to the global financial meltdown emanating from Wall Street.

The banking crisis that began with bad loans in the US housing sector has now brought down several commercial banks, one of the world's largest insurance companies and leading investment banks.

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