WASHINGTON – Since their emergence more than a decade ago wind and solar energy developers have often operated at odds with oil and gas lobbyists here, as the two sides battled over tax credits and research funding perceived as critical to determining the future of the energy sector.But show up at a congressional hearing in 2022, and it’s not uncommon to see the rival sectors arguing for the same policies, whether it’s speeding the federal government’s years-long process to permit new infrastructure or developing a domestic hydrogen industry – with oil companies supplying the natural gas, and wind and solar companies the electricity.
There’s still plenty on which the two sides disagree. But as the wind and solar energy industries look to rapidly expand in the decades ahead to help meet national climate targets and oil companies try to reduce their carbon…
After years of tension, oil, clean energy find common ground in Washington
