Clean-tech CEOs talk subsidies, growth

BOULDER – The cost of implementing solar and wind power has been coming down making renewable energy more competitive with traditional coal and natural gas, but with the clock ticking on subsidies, the industry is at a point where it must face the prospect of moving forward on its own.

Tax credits for the wind industry are in place through the end of this year, and a large government tax-incentive program for solar projects is set to expire in 2016.

“Subsidies are in the cross hairs of legislators,´ said Quayle Hodek, chief executive of Boulder-based Renewable Choice Energy, which provides renewable energy…