Comments on: Solar uncertainties cloud the short-term outlook http://rockrivertimes.com/2012/04/04/solar-uncertainties-cloud-the-short-term-outlook/ The Rock River Times - THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1993 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:10:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: James C. Davis http://rockrivertimes.com/2012/04/04/solar-uncertainties-cloud-the-short-term-outlook/comment-page-1/#comment-5161 James C. Davis Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:40:17 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=36809#comment-5161 Why does the taxpayers in the United States have to pay for development of solar, if there is a need ( guess this is because obama killed the Keystone pipe line) why doesn’t the private companies develop solar, they would make millions. James C.Davis Byron Breitbart Reports 4-5-12 that Reuters reported 4-2-12 World's Largest Solar Power Plant Goes Bankrupt On Monday 4-2-12 (Almost an April Fool Joke), yet another Department of Energy funded solar energy company –the world’s largest solar power plant—filed for bankruptcy. Reuters reports: The Oakland-based company has held rights for the 1,000-megawatt Blythe Solar Power Project in the Southern California desert, which last April won $2.1 billion of conditional loan guarantees from the U.S. Department of Energy. It is unclear how the bankruptcy will affect that project In addition to the offer of financial benefits this politically tied company received, Solar Trust also received regulatory benefits. The Bylthe Solar Power Project is located on federal land. While the Obama administration is decreasing development of proven energy sources like oil on federal lands, they actually fast tracked this project’s permitting process: Why does the taxpayers in the United States have to pay for development of solar, if there is a need ( guess this is because obama killed the Keystone pipe line) why doesn’t the private companies develop solar, they would make millions.
James C.Davis
Byron

Breitbart Reports 4-5-12 that Reuters reported 4-2-12

World’s Largest Solar Power Plant Goes Bankrupt
On Monday 4-2-12 (Almost an April Fool Joke), yet another Department of Energy funded solar energy company –the world’s largest solar power plant—filed for bankruptcy. Reuters reports:
The Oakland-based company has held rights for the 1,000-megawatt Blythe Solar Power Project in the Southern California desert, which last April won $2.1 billion of conditional loan guarantees from the U.S. Department of Energy. It is unclear how the bankruptcy will affect that project
In addition to the offer of financial benefits this politically tied company received, Solar Trust also received regulatory benefits. The Bylthe Solar Power Project is located on federal land. While the Obama administration is decreasing development of proven energy sources like oil on federal lands, they actually fast tracked this project’s permitting process:

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