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World's largest solar plant applying for federal grant to pay off federal loan
Fox News ^ | November 7,2014 | William La Jeunesse

Posted on 11/07/2014 6:31:11 PM PST by Hojczyk

Edited on 11/07/2014 6:39:02 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

But since then the plant has not lived up to its clean energy promise. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the plant produced only about a quarter of the power it's supposed to, a disappointing 254,263 megawatt-hours of electricity from January through August, not the million megawatt-hours it promised.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: california; energy
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1 posted on 11/07/2014 6:31:11 PM PST by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

Grant - as in GIFT

Gift to pay off loan - sweet deal if you can get it.


2 posted on 11/07/2014 6:41:07 PM PST by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and because of what Muslims do.)
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To: Hojczyk

They should pay every cent back whether that is from personal finances or not.


3 posted on 11/07/2014 6:42:35 PM PST by MAKOTHEDOG
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To: GeronL

Ping.


4 posted on 11/07/2014 6:45:56 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Hojczyk

Ivanpah.

The one that Google put money into.


5 posted on 11/07/2014 6:47:10 PM PST by Steely Tom (Thank you for self-censoring.)
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To: Hojczyk

Why didn’t Solyndra think of this


6 posted on 11/07/2014 6:47:52 PM PST by Sasparilla
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To: Hojczyk

I’d like a grant to pay my taxes.


7 posted on 11/07/2014 6:48:38 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Hojczyk

Why don’t they apply for a grant for the only thing that plant is good at, roasting fowl!


8 posted on 11/07/2014 6:49:28 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Hojczyk

Driving by it, it surely was a....bright...idea. That bad boy has to have a carpet of bugs and birds lying around it.


9 posted on 11/07/2014 6:52:49 PM PST by lurk
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To: Hojczyk

I almost fear that we will run out of rope......


10 posted on 11/07/2014 6:56:22 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Lurker

I hear you.


11 posted on 11/07/2014 7:00:51 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (NRA)
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To: Hojczyk

Close this bird killer down. Useless piece of typical liberal junk.


12 posted on 11/07/2014 7:02:36 PM PST by Logical me
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To: RightGeek
. one grant that doesnt likely exist....




13 posted on 11/07/2014 7:06:10 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill)
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To: Hojczyk

You mean use money from the government to pay money to the government? Ah I see.


14 posted on 11/07/2014 7:11:38 PM PST by rdl6989
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To: Hojczyk

Just a reminder. April 15 is tax day. Now get back to work peasants.


15 posted on 11/07/2014 8:39:52 PM PST by Organic Panic
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To: Mastador1

How would you like to make an emergency landing right in that plant in a tiny Cessna?


16 posted on 11/07/2014 8:53:52 PM PST by 353FMG
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“A NRG spokesman blamed the weather, saying the sun didn’t shine as often as years of studies predicted”

Right.


17 posted on 11/07/2014 9:13:17 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: 353FMG
How would you like to make an emergency landing right in that plant in a tiny Cessna?

Well if it was during the day..........you would have a very short lived emergency, you would just become the world's largest moth/flame reenactment.

18 posted on 11/07/2014 9:54:26 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Mastador1

Imagine what could happen if turkeys were able to fly.


19 posted on 11/07/2014 10:01:29 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Pointing out dereliction of duty is NOT fear mongering, especially in a panDEMic)
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To: rdl6989

Just like the Federal Reserve Bankers printing money for the money they couldn’t get taxpayers to donate?


20 posted on 11/08/2014 2:29:04 AM PST by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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