Who's putting the brakes on advancing technologies and job creation once again, take a guess! Same as those some thirty plus years ago, my how things don't change except in driving the once vibrant American capitalist ideology backwards and this really isn't even about the obvious, climate change!
Apr 13, 2011 - A federal program to support the development of clean energy technologies escaped the budget ax this week and the Energy Department wasted no time announcing major commitments to fund two of the world's largest solar projects.
SunPower Corp received a conditional commitment on Tuesday for a $1.187 billion loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy to finance a 250-megawatt photovoltaic power plant in central California that will generate enough electricity to power 100,000 homes.
That announcement came a day after the government finalized a $1.6 billion loan guarantee for privately held BrightSource Energy Inc's 392 MW Ivanpah solar thermal project.
In February, the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would have cut most of the funding for the DOE's loan guarantee program for innovative green technologies. {continued}
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