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U.S. poised to hand over $197 million to San Jose solar panel startup
Mercury News ^ | 9/24/12 | Nichola Groom - Reuters

Posted on 09/24/2012 2:50:16 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

LOS ANGELES -- A tiny San Jose solar company named SoloPower will flip the switch on production at a U.S. factory Thursday, a major step toward allowing it to tap a $197 million government loan guarantee awarded under the same controversial program that supported failed panel maker Solyndra.

SoloPower has initiated a strategy to differentiate it from struggling commodity players in the solar panel industry. Still, there are several similarities between SoloPower and Fremont-based Solyndra -- which became a lightning rod in the U.S. Presidential campaign this year after taking in more than $500 million in government loans and then filing for bankruptcy.

Like Solyndra, SoloPower is a Silicon Valley start-up and uses the same non-traditional raw material in its solar panels. And, like its now-defunct peer, SoloPower is one of just four U.S. panel manufacturers to clinch loan guarantees under the Department of Energy's $35 billion program to support emerging clean energy technologies. The DOE payments to SoloPower will come on top of the $56.5 million SoloPower has collected in loans, tax credits and incentives from the state of Oregon and the city of Portland, where its first factory will be located.

And, perhaps most importantly, SoloPower is entering the market at a time of cutthroat competition from cheaper solar products made in China.

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boondoggle; fail; green; poised; sanjose; siliconvalley; solarpanel; solopower; solyndra; startup
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1 posted on 09/24/2012 2:50:19 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
and America takes another one in the........


2 posted on 09/24/2012 2:52:54 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: NormsRevenge
U.S. poised to hand over $197 million to San Jose solar panel startup

The DOE payments to SoloPower will come on top of the $56.5 million SoloPower has collected in loans, tax credits and incentives from the state of Oregon and the city of Portland, where its first factory will be located.

Well, that's $235,500,000 that US, Oregon, and Portland taxpayers can kiss goodbye so some Greens can feel good momentarily. More once the lawyers get involved during the inevitable collapse.

*sigh*

Maybe I should start a solar power company. For 2 years of work I could end up with several million dollars in self-awarded bonuses and salary after the whole thing collapses. Not bad...
3 posted on 09/24/2012 2:54:16 PM PDT by verum ago (Be a bastard, and Karma'll be a bitch.)
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To: NormsRevenge
And the hits keep coming.


Obama-Promoted Battery Plant Moves to 'Rolling Furloughs' As Company Pulls Back on Jobs Projections (LG Chem)

$150 million from the feds and another $100 million from the state of Michigan.
4 posted on 09/24/2012 2:55:45 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: NormsRevenge

They haven’t learned a lesson at all.

How is this company going to compete with China? China’s is going to be so cheap soon you can paint your house with it


5 posted on 09/24/2012 2:56:20 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: NormsRevenge

Probably picked up some nice equipment at a garage sale.


6 posted on 09/24/2012 2:56:57 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: NormsRevenge

I wonder which execs of the previous failures are in charge of this one?


7 posted on 09/24/2012 2:57:07 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Although the article doesn’t mention in it, I would venture to guess that there is one more similarity to Solyndra. Most likely the guys who run it are big time Democrat cronies and donors. Those are the only folks Obama supports.


8 posted on 09/24/2012 2:57:34 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: verum ago

It will shut in 2 years and the guys who started it can walk away with a million or two in each pocket


9 posted on 09/24/2012 2:58:54 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: NormsRevenge

If it were profitable and there were a market for it, you’d have investors doing handstands and would not need govt money.


10 posted on 09/24/2012 2:59:26 PM PDT by informavoracious (Abortions are unproductive wrongs, not reproductive rights.)
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To: cripplecreek

Let me guess the CEO or management will each get paid $50,000 a month for 2 years get a bonus and then shut down the company


11 posted on 09/24/2012 3:00:10 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Chode
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12 posted on 09/24/2012 3:05:00 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: NormsRevenge

The ‘green’ industries are nothing more than MONEY LAUNDERING OPERATIONS FOR TEAM OBAMA.


13 posted on 09/24/2012 3:05:17 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: NormsRevenge

Payback for consistent Democrat campaign donations.

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14 posted on 09/24/2012 3:05:17 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (You didn't build that. The private sector is doing fine. We tried our plan and it worked.)
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To: verum ago
hand over $197 million
on top of the $56.5 million

that's $235,500,000

Have you considered applying for a government accounting job?

;-)

15 posted on 09/24/2012 3:05:24 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: GeronL

LG is a big global company and shouldn’t have needed subsidies in the first place.


16 posted on 09/24/2012 3:06:28 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Uncle Miltie

197 million is going to be used for campaign contributions, it seems this is just a money laundering scheme.

(kind of like giving a judge campaign contributions and then recieving court appointed cases from the same judge)


17 posted on 09/24/2012 3:07:17 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Vince Ferrer
Probably picked up some nice equipment at a garage sale.

Probably the one at Solyndra.

18 posted on 09/24/2012 3:09:35 PM PDT by Bob
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To: Izzy Dunne
Have you considered applying for a government accounting job?

;-)


LOL no, I'm just a bit dyslexic when doing math in my head:
235.5 --> 253.5

I think it may be time to invest in a calculator :D
(Can I get a government grant for a solar-operated one...?)
19 posted on 09/24/2012 3:10:43 PM PDT by verum ago (Be a bastard, and Karma'll be a bitch.)
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To: NormsRevenge

When will Americans have enough that they will storm the Bastille ??


20 posted on 09/24/2012 3:17:09 PM PDT by jmax (Full mag inserted, round in chamber, hammer is back...safety is OFF.)
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