That
suggestion,
buried
in
a
75-page
review
of
the
DOE
Loan
Guarantee
Program
(LGP),
would
represent
a
new
role
for
the
agency,
which
funds
renewable-energy
technology
research,
commercialisation
and
deployment.
At
the
height
of
the
financial
crisis
in
2009,
the
US
Treasury
took
a
61%
stake
in
General
Motors,
but
there
are
no
obvious
examples
of
a
DOE
equity
stake
in
a
private
company.
The
White
House
ordered
the
review
of
the
LGP,
which
has
been
a
boon
to
large-scale
renewables
developers
such
as
First
Solar
and
Abengoa,
but…
