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Biden''s Lesson From Past Green Stimulus Failures: Go Even Bigger

While the Obama green spending created new construction jobs in weatherization and helped turn a handful of boutique wind and solar companies into a thriving industry, U.S. emissions of heat

Obama''s Green Energy Failure List

1. Obama''s Green Energy Failure List. This article at the Green Corruption blog is the best I''ve seen in chronicling the Obama administration''s failures in subsidizing so called green energy products, primarily with money from the economy-destroying stimulus package of 2009. It goes on to demonstrate the "crony" nature of these programs

Solyndra Collapse a ''Waste'' of Half a Billion By Obama, GOP

Solyndra, a California-based manufacturer of rooftop solar panels, opened in 2005 and in 2009 became the Obama administration''s first recipient of an energy loan guarantee to the tune of $535

After Solyndra Loss, U.S. Energy Loan Program Turning A Profit

In 2011, solar panel company Solyndra defaulted on a $535 million loan guaranteed by the Department of Energy. The agency had a few other high-profile bankruptcies, too — electric car company

Biden Seems Determined To Replay Obama Era Green Energy Failures

The Obama-Biden administration ended up wasting billions of taxpayer dollars with companies like SolarCity and Solyndra going broke or facing significant trouble soon after receiving the helping hand.

Obama''s Green Energy Debacle

"I had a friend who said you [Obama] don''t just pick the winners and losers, you pick the losers," – Gov. Romney to President Obama during a recent Presidential debate. Green Corruption, Green Alert: Tracking President Obama''s Green-Energy Failures, the list, October 20, 2012, Solyndra loan; White House pressed on review of

In Rush to Assist a Solar Company, U.S. Missed Signs

President Obama toured Solyndra, a solar panel manufacturer in Fremont, Calif., in May 2010. There were signs that the company''s business plan was imploding. Credit... Luke Sharrett/The New York Times

Report: Solyndra misrepresented facts to get loan guarantee

Solyndra was the first company to get federal loan guarantees under a program that was created in 2005 and expanded by President Barack Obama''s 2009 economic stimulus package. The company''s failure soon after receiving the loan guarantee likely will cost taxpayers more than $500 million.

''SunPower'' — Another Green Energy Co. Failing after Getting

Another green business that went under after receiving generous government funding under the Obama-Biden administration is ECOtality, another California company that was supposed to make charging stations for electric cars. After getting nearly $100 million from Uncle Sam, it collapsed. A startup called Vehicle Production Group (VPG) went

Another Green Energy Company That Received Millions From

On Friday, The Wall Street Journal''s editorial board wrote about another failure from the Obama era, this one costing taxpayers as much as $510 million. The company, Tonopah Solar Energy, operated the Crescent Dunes solar plant in Nevada, which received $737 million in guaranteed loans during the Obama administration.

Failed Solar-Panel Company''s Federal Loan Backing Sparks

Nine months later, in May 2010, President Obama toured the solar panel company in Fremont, Calif. It was part of his push to use the stimulus for creating green technology jobs. PRESIDENT BARACK

White House ignored red flags in loan to failed solar company Solyndra

The Obama administration committed more than $500 million in taxpayer money to Solyndra, a maker of solar power panels, despite repeated red flags about the company''s viability, NBC News'' Lisa

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