Benjamin Romano Seattle T he Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program (LGP) has been a boon to the US solar industry, especially in the past six months.. Fifteen solar generation schemes, including three First Solar projects with a total capa-city of 1.33GW, are poised to claim 80% of the $20.5bn in loan guarantees the DOE has extended under its principal financial support programme for renewable energy..
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