May 9th, 2013 | by Guest Contributor
This article was originally published on Climate Progress. By Jeff Spross The Department of Energy’s Loan Guarantee Program was started in 2005
October 16th, 2012 | by Guest Contributor
This article below is reposted with permission from Climate Progress: By Joe Romm This excerpt from a 2011 post is relevant again
October 4th, 2012 | by Guest Contributor
Editor’s note: Here’s a great guest post from NRDC Action Fund on Romney’s outside-reality energy comments last night (notably,
October 1st, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
It’s sometimes hard to get people to look past the first number in an equation. For example, only looking
July 17th, 2012 | by Guest Contributor
There’s a House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs hearing on the bankruptcy of Abound Solar coming up,
July 6th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
I didn’t even get into the whole Abound Solar story when the company filed for bankruptcy — didn’t really
January 26th, 2012 | by Stephen Lacey
What’s the only thing worse than turning a Congressional investigation into a months-long political circus? The leaders of that investigation not having a firm grasp of the policies they’re supposed to be examining. California Republican Darrell Issa chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, one of the top bodies responsible for looking into the loan guarantee to the now-bankrupt solar manufacturer Solyndra. So you’d think that Mr. Issa would, after almost four months of investigation, be able to distinguish the extraordinary differences between a tax credit and a loan guarantee
January 18th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
Following up on the offshore wind power stories I shared yesterday, here’s a great post from Richard Caperton, Michael Conathan,
September 27th, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan
This is the percentage of DOE loan guarantees, to date, that was for Solyndra. (Thanks to a reader for doing the quick math for us and sending the figure along in a comment.) Percentage of loan guarantees that was for solar? 3.3% Why is this important
September 24th, 2011 | by Andrew
The US Dept. of Energy (DOE) issued partial loan guarantees for renewable energy projects in three states totaling as much as $624 million Friday. Energy Secretary Chu announced partial loan guarantees of $168.9 million for Granite Reliable Power's 99-megawatt (MW) wind farm, New Hampshire's largest; up to $350 million for Ormat Nevada's 113MW geothermal power plants; and $105 million for POET's 'first-of-its-kind' cellulosic ethanol bio-refinery in Iowa
