The FBI is investigating what happened with Solyndra, a solar panel company that got a
$535 million government-backed loan with the help of the Obama White House over the
objections of federal budget analysts. Federal investigators want to know what role
political fundraising played in the guarantee of the questionable loan. Washington
bureaucrats warned the deal was lousy. And White House spokesmen flail desperately.
Wed, 16 May 2012 14:19:03 CDTViewed: 100 times. At a hearing today, Republican congressmen attacked two leading solar companies that received federal loan guarantees ? accusing BrightSource Energy of using insider connections to win its loan guarantee and First Solar?s chairman for cashing out $450,000 of his shares while taking public money. It was a new attempt by the GOP to create the
Thu, 10 May 2012 12:11:19 CDTViewed: 125 times. Rep. Jim Jordan, the Ohio Republican who recently appeared to admit that Republicans' ongoing probes of the Department of Energy's loan program are largely a play to win votes in November, is holding a hearing next week on that very program.
Tue, 08 May 2012 11:06:58 CDTViewed: 123 times. Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), the 20-term incumbent facing a surprisingly competitive race in California's 15th congressional district, drew headlines recently when he confused failed solar energy company Solyndra with the electric car company known as Tesla.
Mon, 07 May 2012 03:54:23 CDTViewed: 177 times. When the solar manufacturer Solyndra went bankrupt, the critics had a field day with the Obama administration because of its $500 million loan guarantee to the company.
Mon, 07 May 2012 00:12:33 CDTViewed: 217 times. Bay Area residents Mary Russell, Peter Kohlstadt, and Michael Lohmeyer have never met, but their lives are connected. What binds them together lies in the former home of Solyndra. KTVU was the first television station to get an exclusive look inside Solyndra and found very advanced solar-powered technologies inside. On its roof was a football field of solar panels. And inside, there's a
Thu, 03 May 2012 12:11:28 CDTViewed: 130 times. CA East Bay Rep. Fortney "Pete" Stark , 80, identified Fremont-based Solyndra - perhaps the nation's most notorious solar energy firm and a lightening rod in the 2012 election - as a car manufacturer in his editorial
Tue, 01 May 2012 14:28:34 CDTViewed: 176 times. Solyndra, the solar energy company that went bankrupt after receiving a loan guarantee from the Department of Energy, "may be trying to abandon toxic waste," according to CBS San Francisco. This discovery . . .
Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:00:26 CDTViewed: 305 times. Three months after CBS 5 caught Solyndra tossing millions of dollars worth of brand new parts, the bankrupt solar firm may be trying to abandon toxic waste.
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:45:31 CDTViewed: 286 times. One month after the chief restructuring officer for failed solar panel maker Solyndra reported no wrongdoing by the company, documents show federal investigators have remained busy in recent months scouring the company's financial documents, internal emails and computers. The activity surrounding the criminal probe into Solyndra was revealed in bankruptcy
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:04:19 CDTViewed: 240 times. Polysilicon, the raw material used to make most solar panels, is forecasted to fall another 9 percent from its lowest in a decade as a supply glut narrows margins throughout the industry.
