$3.7 billion in US loan guarantees to just two solar companies outshines Solyndra deal. Seems Obama bet your billions on the wrong solar technology. But hey, his contributors get rich.

Bloomberg.com

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The U.S. government’s $8 billion bet on solar energy that would pave the deserts with mirrors risks following the Betamax into the technological wilderness because of Chinese backing for a cheaper system.

Germany’s Solar Millennium AG (S2M) walked away from a $2.1 billion U.S. loan guarantee last month and ditched thermal devices for a cheaper photovoltaic system.

Backed by investors including Morgan Stanley and Google Inc. and a $1.6 billion U.S. loan guarantee, BrightSource is trying to prove a technology it calls the power tower. That uses mirrors arranged in concentric circles to focus the sun on a central column.

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