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Solyndra

Inside the DOE's Massive Clean Energy Finance Shop

At the often misunderstood DOE Loan Programs Office, 200 staffers work to fill a critical financing hole for new energy technologies in the United States.

By Maria Gallucci

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
Peter Davidson

A New Director for Embattled DOE Loan Program

By Maria Gallucci

SoloPower

Why SoloPower Thinks It Can Beat the Odds

By Maria Gallucci

Retired Vice Adm. Dennis McGinn, president and CEO of the American Council on Re

Countering Attacks on Clean Energy

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Ecotality's Blink charger

Q&A: Plug-In Leader on America's E.V. Shift

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

President Barack Obama

Clean Economy Week: Dueling Solyndra Ads Before Obama Speech

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Solyndra

Clean Economy Week: Solyndra Overblown?

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Clean Economy Week: Chu's China Anxiety

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Pres. Obama speaks at an event at the Solyndra facility in May 2010.

Clean Economy Week: The Solyndra Liability

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Fisker's 2012 Karma Eclipse

Clean Economy Week: E.V. Firms Targeted

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Rooftop solar panel installation in Ohio

Federal Solar Program Slipping Away

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

DOE Stays Course on Making Solar Cheap

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Solyndra installation at Nova Coop in Verona, Italy

Solar Shakeout Sign of Sector's Maturity

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Installation of Solyndra’s cylindrical solar module design

Can Solyndra's Breakthrough Technology Survive?

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Chu Revs Up DOE Loan Process That Was Slow, Costly Under Bush

By Leslie Berliant

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