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Energy and Utilities Law

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

2013

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Double Dipping: Utilizing Oil Wells For Geothermal Energy, Alexander Conser May 2013

Double Dipping: Utilizing Oil Wells For Geothermal Energy, Alexander Conser

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Crushing Europe's Pipeline Dreams: Russia's Mineral Monopoly, Weakness In The European Energy Market, And Realism In The Future, Daniel Doty May 2013

Crushing Europe's Pipeline Dreams: Russia's Mineral Monopoly, Weakness In The European Energy Market, And Realism In The Future, Daniel Doty

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

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Beyond Solyndra: Examining The Department Of Energy's Loan Guarantee Program, Hilary Kao Mar 2013

Beyond Solyndra: Examining The Department Of Energy's Loan Guarantee Program, Hilary Kao

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In the year following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, the renewable and clean energy industries faced significant turmoil— from natural disasters, to political maelstroms, from the Great Recession, to U.S. debt ceiling debates. The Department of Energy’s Loan Guarantee Program (“DOE LGP”), often a target since before it ever received a dollar of appropriations, has been both blamed and defended in the wake of the bankruptcy filing of Solyndra, a California-based solar panel manufacturer, in September 2011, because of the $535 million loan guarantee made to it by the Department of Energy (“DOE”) in 2009. Critics have suggested …