Reuters: The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to amend a tax-focused housing market rescue bill to include a measure that would extend tax incentives to encourage renewable energy production. A tax credit would be extended for one year through 2009 for producing electricity from wind, biomass, hydropower and geothermal facilities. Businesses and homeowners would also be able to offset 30 percent of the cost for installing solar or fuel cell equipment with a one-time tax credit. The …