The administration didn't give them the money because they thought it was a great investment, they gave them the money because it was political payback.
That can't be it because Barak Hussien Obama just told us that they expected to win some and lose some ... so its all good you see because what we had to get ahead of those dastardly Chinese solar guy people and had to risk the money ... we fully expected to have some winners and losers don't ya see ... not like it was any of our money ... oh wait