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<p>CEO Brian Harrison, left, and Chief Financial Officer Bill Stover, right, from the bankrupt solar energy company Solyndra, are sworn in as they appear before the House Energy Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee which is examining Solyndra's $528 million loan government loan, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 23 2011. The two top executives declined to testify to avoid self-incrimination about Solyndra. The Fremont, Calif.-based company which has laid off its 1,100 employees was the first renewable-energy company to receive a loan guarantee under a stimulus-law program to encourage green energy and was frequently touted by the Obama administration as a model. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)</p>

<p>CEO Brian Harrison, left, and Chief Financial Officer Bill Stover, right, from the bankrupt solar energy company Solyndra, are sworn in as they appear before the House Energy Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee which is examining Solyndra's $528 million loan government loan, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 23 2011. The two top executives declined to testify to avoid self-incrimination about Solyndra. The Fremont, Calif.-based company w…

September 29, 2011

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Obama administration OKs two solar loans worth $1B
September 29, 2011 9 p.m.

Obama administration OKs two solar loans worth $1B

WASHINGTON - The Energy Department on Wednesday approved two loan guarantees worth more than $1 billion for solar energy projects in Nevada and Arizona, two days before the expiration date of a program that has become a rallying cry for Republican critics of the Obama administration's green energy program.