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A series of emails provided to the House Energy and Commerce Committee from individuals tied to Solyndra offer striking characterizations about running strategy with the White House to secure assistance for the now-bankrupt solar energy firm.

The White House counsel refused Friday to comply with a subpoena issued by a House panel regarding the failed solar energy company Solyndra, claiming the initiative "was driven more by partisan politics than a legitimate effort to conduct a responsible investigation."

The Republican-controlled House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to issue a broad subpoena demanding more documents from the White House as part of the committee's ongoing investigation into a government loan guarantee to the failed solar equipment maker Solyndra.

A major investor in Solyndra LLC was instrumental in helping the troubled solar-power firm compete for a potentially lucrative U.S. Navy deal, a previously unreported connection that will likely fuel controversy surrounding the company.

The Obama administration engaged in a 'pattern' of approving loans that were not qualified to receive taxpayer money, says one Republican House chairman, calling the development as disturbing as the loss of millions of dollars given to bankrupt solar power company Solyndra.

The official inquired frequently about the progress of the loan even after he had disclosed that his wife’s law firm represented the company and promised to recuse himself.

Chevron Technology Ventures demonstrated the use of solar power to boil water into steam using around 7,600 mirrors to concentrate the sun's energy over a solar boiler. We have a $104 price estimate for Chevron, which implies a 14% premium over its current stock price.

Industry analysts and government auditors say the administration failed to take note of trouble already evident in the solar energy marketplace.

Leaders of a House subcommittee want to make the Obama administration answer for putting taxpayers on the hook for a half-billion-dollar loan to a now-bankrupt solar panel manufacturer. A hearing Wednesday will examine what went wrong ...

FBI agents on Thursday were searching the offices of a California solar energy company touted by President Barack Obama that recently halted operations, FBI spokesman Peter Lee confirmed to CNN. Search warrants were executed at the Fremont, California, offices of Solyndra, which recently filed for bankruptcy, in a joint operation involving the FBI and the Department of Energy, Lee said.