A congressional oversight panel wants to know when the Obama administration became aware of significant technological issues at a renewable energy company it helped fund, including the propensity of its solar panels to burst into flames when exposed to the sun. Abound Solar Manufacturing was awarded a $400 million line-of-credit in taxpayer-backed loans from the … Continue reading House committee investigates government loan for solar panels that burst into flames

Republican Reps. Fred Upton of Michigan, Cliff Stearns of Florida and Cory Gardner of Colorado, sent a letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu instructing the agency to turn over certain information on the loan.