Clean Energy Scores Highest Documented Rate of Return of Any Federal Program
This article below is reposted with permission from Climate Progress: By Joe Romm This excerpt from a 2011 post is relevant again … [continued]
DOE (Loans)
Romney Gets the Energy Facts Wrong in Wednesday’s Debate
Editor’s note: Here’s a great guest post from NRDC Action Fund on Romney’s outside-reality energy comments last night (notably, … [continued]
Infographic on What a DOE Loan for the 110-MW Crescent Dunes SolarEnergy Project Creates
It’s sometimes hard to get people to look past the first number in an equation. For example, only looking … [continued]
Yikes! Zombie Solar Projects Could Rise from the Dead!
The impending Zombie Apocalypse is real and it’s coming to a solar power project near you! At least, that’s what a group of four conservative organizations is saying in a new statement. The foursome is concerned that the proposed “No More Solyndras Act” does not go far enough to choke off federal support for new energy projects that are already in the Department of Energy’s loan pipeline, enabling the survival of “a number of the ‘zombie’ projects that would be allowed to live.” Sounds like the elevator pitch for a Grade B zombie flick, right? And what’s all this about No More Solyndras not going far enough? […]
Solar Energy Industries Association Statement on Abound Solar Hearing
There’s a House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs hearing on the bankruptcy of Abound Solar coming up, … [continued]
Some Key Points Big Media Isn’t Telling You about Abound Solar & DOE Loan Guarantees
I didn’t even get into the whole Abound Solar story when the company filed for bankruptcy — didn’t really … [continued]
Energy Official Pens a Love Letter to Renewable Energy
When it comes to explaining the Department of Energy’s loan program for clean energy companies, David G. Frantz, acting director … [continued]
Yikes! Darrell Issa Doesn’t Know Difference between Tax Credits & Loan Guarantees
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.
Offshore Wind Needs a Little Love from Congress
Following up on the offshore wind power stories I shared yesterday, here’s a great post from Richard Caperton, Michael Conathan, … [continued]
1.4%
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?
