$36 billion in loans to renewable energy technologies

Loan Technology amount Total companies receiving loans and their projects In billions One. The company is expanding a newly opened lithium-ion battery storage plant in New York that absorbs energy and sends additional power to the grid as needed. Plans call for it to someday store wind-generated energy. $0.02 BATTERY STORAGE One. Using a quickly spinning flywheel that is held in place by magnets to reduce friction, Beacon Power stores energy that can be sent to the New York grid when a boost is needed. Beacon has filed for bankruptcy but continues to operate. ENERGY STORAGE $0.04 Two. They are developing cellulosic ethanol plants in Kansas and lowa. Unlike ethanol made from corn, cellulosic ethanol would use agricul- tural waste (such as leaves and stems) and easy-to-grow grasses that require little or no pesticides or watering. BIOFUEL $0.24 Two. One is building a plant in Louisiana to produce powdered activated carbon that will absorb the evaporated mercury spewed by coal-fired power plants; the other is building a factory in Minnesota that makes program- mable windows, which lighten or darken as sunlight conditions change. ENERGY S0.32* EFFICIENCY One. It is constructing power lines that would run north to south across Nevada, ideally connecting future wind and geothermal plants to the grid and allowing more efficient energy sharing around the state. ENERGY $0.34 $0.34 TRANSMISSION Three. They are building four geothermal plants in Nevada and one in Oregon. The Oregon plant will use "supercritical binary geothermal cycle technology" to draw out underground heat more efficiently. GEOTHERMAL $0.55 Four. All make thin-film solar panels, which are lighter, cheaper, easier to install and sometimes more efficient than traditional panels. Designs and materials vary; Solyndra touted its non-silicon panels but failed after the price of silicon – thus traditional solar panels - dropped drastically. SOLAR (manufacturing) $1.30 Four. They are constructing commercial wind farms in Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire and Oregon. WIND $1.70 GENERATION One. It is building a gas centrifuge plant in Idaho that will enrich uranium for nuclear reactors, reducing the U.S. demand for imported enriched uranium. NUCLEAR $2.00* (front-end) One. It is building the country's first two new commercial reactors in 30 years at the Vogtle facility in Georgia, using an updated Westinghouse design that is a simpler and ideally safer version of a conventional pressurized water reactor. NUCLEAR $8.30* (generation) Six. The "Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing" loans** went to makers of more-efficient engines, hybrid and electric cars, batteries and components. One went toward a wheelchair-accessible vehicle that will run on compressed natural gas; another toward a new, high-strength steel. AUTÓS $9.10 Twelve. They are building large, commercial solar plants in western states, including one in Nevada that will collect heat from the sun, focus it on a thermal tower and store it using molten salt. SOLAR $12.00 (generation) *Conditional commitment **A $730 million loan is conditional Loan Technology amount Total companies receiving loans and their projects In billions One. The company is expanding a newly opened lithium-ion battery storage plant in New York that absorbs energy and sends additional power to the grid as needed. Plans call for it to someday store wind-generated energy. $0.02 BATTERY STORAGE One. Using a quickly spinning flywheel that is held in place by magnets to reduce friction, Beacon Power stores energy that can be sent to the New York grid when a boost is needed. Beacon has filed for bankruptcy but continues to operate. ENERGY STORAGE $0.04 Two. They are developing cellulosic ethanol plants in Kansas and lowa. Unlike ethanol made from corn, cellulosic ethanol would use agricul- tural waste (such as leaves and stems) and easy-to-grow grasses that require little or no pesticides or watering. BIOFUEL $0.24 Two. One is building a plant in Louisiana to produce powdered activated carbon that will absorb the evaporated mercury spewed by coal-fired power plants; the other is building a factory in Minnesota that makes program- mable windows, which lighten or darken as sunlight conditions change. ENERGY S0.32* EFFICIENCY One. It is constructing power lines that would run north to south across Nevada, ideally connecting future wind and geothermal plants to the grid and allowing more efficient energy sharing around the state. ENERGY $0.34 $0.34 TRANSMISSION Three. They are building four geothermal plants in Nevada and one in Oregon. The Oregon plant will use "supercritical binary geothermal cycle technology" to draw out underground heat more efficiently. GEOTHERMAL $0.55 Four. All make thin-film solar panels, which are lighter, cheaper, easier to install and sometimes more efficient than traditional panels. Designs and materials vary; Solyndra touted its non-silicon panels but failed after the price of silicon – thus traditional solar panels - dropped drastically. SOLAR (manufacturing) $1.30 Four. They are constructing commercial wind farms in Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire and Oregon. WIND $1.70 GENERATION One. It is building a gas centrifuge plant in Idaho that will enrich uranium for nuclear reactors, reducing the U.S. demand for imported enriched uranium. NUCLEAR $2.00* (front-end) One. It is building the country's first two new commercial reactors in 30 years at the Vogtle facility in Georgia, using an updated Westinghouse design that is a simpler and ideally safer version of a conventional pressurized water reactor. NUCLEAR $8.30* (generation) Six. The "Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing" loans** went to makers of more-efficient engines, hybrid and electric cars, batteries and components. One went toward a wheelchair-accessible vehicle that will run on compressed natural gas; another toward a new, high-strength steel. AUTÓS $9.10 Twelve. They are building large, commercial solar plants in western states, including one in Nevada that will collect heat from the sun, focus it on a thermal tower and store it using molten salt. SOLAR $12.00 (generation) *Conditional commitment **A $730 million loan is conditional Loan Technology amount Total companies receiving loans and their projects In billions One. The company is expanding a newly opened lithium-ion battery storage plant in New York that absorbs energy and sends additional power to the grid as needed. Plans call for it to someday store wind-generated energy. $0.02 BATTERY STORAGE One. Using a quickly spinning flywheel that is held in place by magnets to reduce friction, Beacon Power stores energy that can be sent to the New York grid when a boost is needed. Beacon has filed for bankruptcy but continues to operate. ENERGY STORAGE $0.04 Two. They are developing cellulosic ethanol plants in Kansas and lowa. Unlike ethanol made from corn, cellulosic ethanol would use agricul- tural waste (such as leaves and stems) and easy-to-grow grasses that require little or no pesticides or watering. BIOFUEL $0.24 Two. One is building a plant in Louisiana to produce powdered activated carbon that will absorb the evaporated mercury spewed by coal-fired power plants; the other is building a factory in Minnesota that makes program- mable windows, which lighten or darken as sunlight conditions change. ENERGY S0.32* EFFICIENCY One. It is constructing power lines that would run north to south across Nevada, ideally connecting future wind and geothermal plants to the grid and allowing more efficient energy sharing around the state. ENERGY $0.34 $0.34 TRANSMISSION Three. They are building four geothermal plants in Nevada and one in Oregon. The Oregon plant will use "supercritical binary geothermal cycle technology" to draw out underground heat more efficiently. GEOTHERMAL $0.55 Four. All make thin-film solar panels, which are lighter, cheaper, easier to install and sometimes more efficient than traditional panels. Designs and materials vary; Solyndra touted its non-silicon panels but failed after the price of silicon – thus traditional solar panels - dropped drastically. SOLAR (manufacturing) $1.30 Four. They are constructing commercial wind farms in Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire and Oregon. WIND $1.70 GENERATION One. It is building a gas centrifuge plant in Idaho that will enrich uranium for nuclear reactors, reducing the U.S. demand for imported enriched uranium. NUCLEAR $2.00* (front-end) One. It is building the country's first two new commercial reactors in 30 years at the Vogtle facility in Georgia, using an updated Westinghouse design that is a simpler and ideally safer version of a conventional pressurized water reactor. NUCLEAR $8.30* (generation) Six. The "Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing" loans** went to makers of more-efficient engines, hybrid and electric cars, batteries and components. One went toward a wheelchair-accessible vehicle that will run on compressed natural gas; another toward a new, high-strength steel. AUTÓS $9.10 Twelve. They are building large, commercial solar plants in western states, including one in Nevada that will collect heat from the sun, focus it on a thermal tower and store it using molten salt. SOLAR $12.00 (generation) *Conditional commitment **A $730 million loan is conditional Loan Technology amount Total companies receiving loans and their projects In billions One. The company is expanding a newly opened lithium-ion battery storage plant in New York that absorbs energy and sends additional power to the grid as needed. Plans call for it to someday store wind-generated energy. $0.02 BATTERY STORAGE One. Using a quickly spinning flywheel that is held in place by magnets to reduce friction, Beacon Power stores energy that can be sent to the New York grid when a boost is needed. Beacon has filed for bankruptcy but continues to operate. ENERGY STORAGE $0.04 Two. They are developing cellulosic ethanol plants in Kansas and lowa. Unlike ethanol made from corn, cellulosic ethanol would use agricul- tural waste (such as leaves and stems) and easy-to-grow grasses that require little or no pesticides or watering. BIOFUEL $0.24 Two. One is building a plant in Louisiana to produce powdered activated carbon that will absorb the evaporated mercury spewed by coal-fired power plants; the other is building a factory in Minnesota that makes program- mable windows, which lighten or darken as sunlight conditions change. ENERGY S0.32* EFFICIENCY One. It is constructing power lines that would run north to south across Nevada, ideally connecting future wind and geothermal plants to the grid and allowing more efficient energy sharing around the state. ENERGY $0.34 $0.34 TRANSMISSION Three. They are building four geothermal plants in Nevada and one in Oregon. The Oregon plant will use "supercritical binary geothermal cycle technology" to draw out underground heat more efficiently. GEOTHERMAL $0.55 Four. All make thin-film solar panels, which are lighter, cheaper, easier to install and sometimes more efficient than traditional panels. Designs and materials vary; Solyndra touted its non-silicon panels but failed after the price of silicon – thus traditional solar panels - dropped drastically. SOLAR (manufacturing) $1.30 Four. They are constructing commercial wind farms in Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire and Oregon. WIND $1.70 GENERATION One. It is building a gas centrifuge plant in Idaho that will enrich uranium for nuclear reactors, reducing the U.S. demand for imported enriched uranium. NUCLEAR $2.00* (front-end) One. It is building the country's first two new commercial reactors in 30 years at the Vogtle facility in Georgia, using an updated Westinghouse design that is a simpler and ideally safer version of a conventional pressurized water reactor. NUCLEAR $8.30* (generation) Six. The "Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing" loans** went to makers of more-efficient engines, hybrid and electric cars, batteries and components. One went toward a wheelchair-accessible vehicle that will run on compressed natural gas; another toward a new, high-strength steel. AUTÓS $9.10 Twelve. They are building large, commercial solar plants in western states, including one in Nevada that will collect heat from the sun, focus it on a thermal tower and store it using molten salt. SOLAR $12.00 (generation) *Conditional commitment **A $730 million loan is conditional Loan Technology amount Total companies receiving loans and their projects In billions One. The company is expanding a newly opened lithium-ion battery storage plant in New York that absorbs energy and sends additional power to the grid as needed. Plans call for it to someday store wind-generated energy. $0.02 BATTERY STORAGE One. Using a quickly spinning flywheel that is held in place by magnets to reduce friction, Beacon Power stores energy that can be sent to the New York grid when a boost is needed. Beacon has filed for bankruptcy but continues to operate. ENERGY STORAGE $0.04 Two. They are developing cellulosic ethanol plants in Kansas and lowa. Unlike ethanol made from corn, cellulosic ethanol would use agricul- tural waste (such as leaves and stems) and easy-to-grow grasses that require little or no pesticides or watering. BIOFUEL $0.24 Two. One is building a plant in Louisiana to produce powdered activated carbon that will absorb the evaporated mercury spewed by coal-fired power plants; the other is building a factory in Minnesota that makes program- mable windows, which lighten or darken as sunlight conditions change. ENERGY S0.32* EFFICIENCY One. It is constructing power lines that would run north to south across Nevada, ideally connecting future wind and geothermal plants to the grid and allowing more efficient energy sharing around the state. ENERGY $0.34 $0.34 TRANSMISSION Three. They are building four geothermal plants in Nevada and one in Oregon. The Oregon plant will use "supercritical binary geothermal cycle technology" to draw out underground heat more efficiently. GEOTHERMAL $0.55 Four. All make thin-film solar panels, which are lighter, cheaper, easier to install and sometimes more efficient than traditional panels. Designs and materials vary; Solyndra touted its non-silicon panels but failed after the price of silicon – thus traditional solar panels - dropped drastically. SOLAR (manufacturing) $1.30 Four. They are constructing commercial wind farms in Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire and Oregon. WIND $1.70 GENERATION One. It is building a gas centrifuge plant in Idaho that will enrich uranium for nuclear reactors, reducing the U.S. demand for imported enriched uranium. NUCLEAR $2.00* (front-end) One. It is building the country's first two new commercial reactors in 30 years at the Vogtle facility in Georgia, using an updated Westinghouse design that is a simpler and ideally safer version of a conventional pressurized water reactor. NUCLEAR $8.30* (generation) Six. The "Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing" loans** went to makers of more-efficient engines, hybrid and electric cars, batteries and components. One went toward a wheelchair-accessible vehicle that will run on compressed natural gas; another toward a new, high-strength steel. AUTÓS $9.10 Twelve. They are building large, commercial solar plants in western states, including one in Nevada that will collect heat from the sun, focus it on a thermal tower and store it using molten salt. SOLAR $12.00 (generation) *Conditional commitment **A $730 million loan is conditional Loan Technology amount Total companies receiving loans and their projects In billions One. The company is expanding a newly opened lithium-ion battery storage plant in New York that absorbs energy and sends additional power to the grid as needed. Plans call for it to someday store wind-generated energy. $0.02 BATTERY STORAGE One. Using a quickly spinning flywheel that is held in place by magnets to reduce friction, Beacon Power stores energy that can be sent to the New York grid when a boost is needed. Beacon has filed for bankruptcy but continues to operate. ENERGY STORAGE $0.04 Two. They are developing cellulosic ethanol plants in Kansas and lowa. Unlike ethanol made from corn, cellulosic ethanol would use agricul- tural waste (such as leaves and stems) and easy-to-grow grasses that require little or no pesticides or watering. BIOFUEL $0.24 Two. One is building a plant in Louisiana to produce powdered activated carbon that will absorb the evaporated mercury spewed by coal-fired power plants; the other is building a factory in Minnesota that makes program- mable windows, which lighten or darken as sunlight conditions change. ENERGY S0.32* EFFICIENCY One. It is constructing power lines that would run north to south across Nevada, ideally connecting future wind and geothermal plants to the grid and allowing more efficient energy sharing around the state. ENERGY $0.34 $0.34 TRANSMISSION Three. They are building four geothermal plants in Nevada and one in Oregon. The Oregon plant will use "supercritical binary geothermal cycle technology" to draw out underground heat more efficiently. GEOTHERMAL $0.55 Four. All make thin-film solar panels, which are lighter, cheaper, easier to install and sometimes more efficient than traditional panels. Designs and materials vary; Solyndra touted its non-silicon panels but failed after the price of silicon – thus traditional solar panels - dropped drastically. SOLAR (manufacturing) $1.30 Four. They are constructing commercial wind farms in Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire and Oregon. WIND $1.70 GENERATION One. It is building a gas centrifuge plant in Idaho that will enrich uranium for nuclear reactors, reducing the U.S. demand for imported enriched uranium. NUCLEAR $2.00* (front-end) One. It is building the country's first two new commercial reactors in 30 years at the Vogtle facility in Georgia, using an updated Westinghouse design that is a simpler and ideally safer version of a conventional pressurized water reactor. NUCLEAR $8.30* (generation) Six. The "Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing" loans** went to makers of more-efficient engines, hybrid and electric cars, batteries and components. One went toward a wheelchair-accessible vehicle that will run on compressed natural gas; another toward a new, high-strength steel. AUTÓS $9.10 Twelve. They are building large, commercial solar plants in western states, including one in Nevada that will collect heat from the sun, focus it on a thermal tower and store it using molten salt. SOLAR $12.00 (generation) *Conditional commitment **A $730 million loan is conditional Loan Technology amount Total companies receiving loans and their projects In billions One. The company is expanding a newly opened lithium-ion battery storage plant in New York that absorbs energy and sends additional power to the grid as needed. Plans call for it to someday store wind-generated energy. $0.02 BATTERY STORAGE One. Using a quickly spinning flywheel that is held in place by magnets to reduce friction, Beacon Power stores energy that can be sent to the New York grid when a boost is needed. Beacon has filed for bankruptcy but continues to operate. ENERGY STORAGE $0.04 Two. They are developing cellulosic ethanol plants in Kansas and lowa. Unlike ethanol made from corn, cellulosic ethanol would use agricul- tural waste (such as leaves and stems) and easy-to-grow grasses that require little or no pesticides or watering. BIOFUEL $0.24 Two. One is building a plant in Louisiana to produce powdered activated carbon that will absorb the evaporated mercury spewed by coal-fired power plants; the other is building a factory in Minnesota that makes program- mable windows, which lighten or darken as sunlight conditions change. ENERGY S0.32* EFFICIENCY One. It is constructing power lines that would run north to south across Nevada, ideally connecting future wind and geothermal plants to the grid and allowing more efficient energy sharing around the state. ENERGY $0.34 $0.34 TRANSMISSION Three. They are building four geothermal plants in Nevada and one in Oregon. The Oregon plant will use "supercritical binary geothermal cycle technology" to draw out underground heat more efficiently. GEOTHERMAL $0.55 Four. All make thin-film solar panels, which are lighter, cheaper, easier to install and sometimes more efficient than traditional panels. Designs and materials vary; Solyndra touted its non-silicon panels but failed after the price of silicon – thus traditional solar panels - dropped drastically. SOLAR (manufacturing) $1.30 Four. They are constructing commercial wind farms in Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire and Oregon. WIND $1.70 GENERATION One. It is building a gas centrifuge plant in Idaho that will enrich uranium for nuclear reactors, reducing the U.S. demand for imported enriched uranium. NUCLEAR $2.00* (front-end) One. It is building the country's first two new commercial reactors in 30 years at the Vogtle facility in Georgia, using an updated Westinghouse design that is a simpler and ideally safer version of a conventional pressurized water reactor. NUCLEAR $8.30* (generation) Six. The "Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing" loans** went to makers of more-efficient engines, hybrid and electric cars, batteries and components. One went toward a wheelchair-accessible vehicle that will run on compressed natural gas; another toward a new, high-strength steel. AUTÓS $9.10 Twelve. They are building large, commercial solar plants in western states, including one in Nevada that will collect heat from the sun, focus it on a thermal tower and store it using molten salt. SOLAR $12.00 (generation) *Conditional commitment **A $730 million loan is conditional