Sentences with phrase «solyndra solar energy company»

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By contrast, political support in the United States for solar panel manufacturing wilted after a single solar equipment company in California, Solyndra, collapsed in 2011 after obtaining $ 535 million in Energy Department loan guarantees.

This is particularly true given the fact that Solyndra, the bankrupt solar - energy company that got even more DOE money, is found just two miles away.

Brad Plumer of the Washington Post has filed a really nice, tight deconstruction of five myths being propagated in the wake of the failure of Solyndra, a solar company that received more than $ 500 million in fast - tracked loan guarantees from the Department of Energy and became a photo opp for President Obama last year.

In fact, the companies that have received huge subsidies have been «green» energy scams like Solyndra, First Solar and Fisker, who had political connections with the White House and allow billions of taxpayer money to be wasted through crony capitalism.

An energy company that received a $ 43 million loan guarantee through the same federal program that backed Solyndra has followed the path of the failed solar firm and filed for bankruptcy.

The changes occurred in two press releases from the Department of Energy's loan guarantee program — the same program that has been the center of controversy surrounding the failed solar company Solyndra.

In the Magnolia State, people are starting to refer to KiOR as the «Solyndra of the South» — a reference to the solar power company that did receive $ 536 in loan guarantees from the Department of Energy.

In the wake of the high - profile bankruptcy of California solar company Solyndra, government critics are attacking federal investment in clean energy innovation, arguing that such decisions should be left to the «free market.»