Solar News September 29, 2011

• Feds Fund Novel Green Tech For Electric Cars, Solar Heat Storage – Forbes

  Feds Fund Novel Green Tech For Electric Cars, Solar Heat Storage Forbes We can compete in a global marketplace and create American jobs and sell American products, or we can buy products from abroad,” said Arun Majumdar, director of ARPA-E, during a press conference to announce the new funding. … and more »

• Matt Drudge and the next fake solar scandal – Fortune

  Matt Drudge and the next fake solar scandal Fortune More importantly, Ronald Pelosi does not have a financial interest in the fund that houses SolarReserve. If the fund generates big profits on its investment, Pelosi gets nothing. If the fund's investment gets wiped out, Pelosi's bank account won't take … Obama's Crazy and Criminal 'Venture Socialism'Examiner.com all 3 news articles »

• Nancy Pelosi’s brother-in-law given loan bigger than Solyndra for solar plant – Daily Mail

  Daily Mail

  Nancy Pelosi's brother-in-law given loan bigger than Solyndra for solar plant Daily Mail The artist's impression shows the incredible size of the giant solar power plant, which is being bankrolled by President Obama's green jobs fund. Energy will be generated using concentrated solar power technology, in which a series of mirrors direct … Pelosi's Relative Given $737 Million for 'Green Jobs'International Business Times DOE finalizes $1bn in guarantees for Arizona and Nevada solar projectsBrighterEnergy.org Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Contributing to Solar ProjectSan Fernando Valley Business Journal Weasel Zippers –Hot Air –Power Line (blog) all 85 news articles »

• House GOP seeks to block money for ‘green jobs’ fund – The Hill (blog)

  House GOP seeks to block money for 'green jobs' fund The Hill (blog) The proposed restriction, however, comes as Republicans are attacking federal “green jobs” efforts following the meltdown of Solyndra, the California solar company that went bankrupt several weeks ago despite receiving a $535 million Energy Department … and more »

• New Energy Capital Invests In FLS Energy, Inc., the Nation’s Largest Installer … – MarketWatch (press release)

  New Energy Capital Invests In FLS Energy, Inc., the Nation's Largest Installer … MarketWatch (press release) HANOVER, NH, Sep 29, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The New Energy Capital Cleantech Infrastructure Fund today announced an investment of $12.0 million in FLS Energy, Inc., the nation's largest installer of commercial solar hot water systems and one of the … and more »

• House Approves Stopgap Spending Bill – New York Times

  Los Angeles Times

  House Approves Stopgap Spending Bill New York Times They voted for cuts in Energy Department programs that guaranteed loans for production of clean cars and the use of solar energy technology. Democrats argued that disaster aid should not be held up while Congress hunted for ways to pay for it. … Poll: Whom would you have blamed?Los Angeles Times Government Shutdown Looming? Nah.ABC News (blog) Government Shutdown: Democrats, Republicans Still at Odds Over BudgetInternational Business Times Sherman Denison Herald Democrat –Big Government –Wall Street Journal all 3,272 news articles »

• County OKs Ducor solar farms – Porterville Recorder

  County OKs Ducor solar farms Porterville Recorder “These combined projects represent $80000 annually to the General Fund and over $3 million are going to be put up for security to ensure that site reclamation is performed,” Spata told supervisors. Iadarola said Wednesday that SR Solis will next … and more »

• Small Business Loan Fund Closes; Only 13% of Available Funds Loaned – Big Government

  Small Business Loan Fund Closes; Only 13% of Available Funds Loaned Big Government Apparently, the Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF), which was created as part of the “Small Business Jobs Act of 2010″, has just closed. It distributed only $4 billion of the $30 billion authorized. The only thing that did actually surprise me was … and more »

• Blame-China Imports Chorus Grows as Solyndra Falls – BusinessWeek

  Blame-China Imports Chorus Grows as Solyndra Falls BusinessWeek The aid is available to workers whose jobs are lost to overseas competition. The Labor Department said it is weighing the application. Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah questioned the request, saying the high cost of Solyndra's solar devices … and more »

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