In 2011, the US Department of Energy (DOE) under former President Barack Obama issued $1.6 billion in loan guarantees to finance the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, a green energy project that ...

Several environmental groups have waded into the argument - with support both for using blast furnace gas to generate power but reserving renewable energy credits for truly renewable energy.

A major solar power plant project that was granted over a billion dollars in federal loans is on the road to closure, with energy experts blasting the project as a "boondoggle" that harmed the ...