Associated Press: The wind industry’s trade group spent nearly $816,000 to lobby last year as wind companies tried to persuade Congress to extend a key tax credit and make power companies use more renewable sources. Despite the efforts of the American Wind Energy Association, neither desire found its way into legislation this past year. The group, whose members include General Electric Co., BP PLC, AES Corp. and FPL Group Inc., is still pushing for the tax-credit extension after lawmakers failed …