Are Any of the Green Energy Projects Backed by the Obama Administration Solvent?
Solyndra, Ener1, Beacon Power, Solar Trust, and and and and now, Nevada Geothermal Power. The Hill is reporting:
Another energy firm backed by the Obama administration appears to be headed toward collapse.
This time it's a Nevada geothermal company that benefited from a $98.5 million federal loan guarantee that's in the spotlight.
Auditors for Nevada Geothermal Power have doubts about whether the company can stay afloat, the Washington Times reported Thursday, citing an internal audit of the firm.
The company has racked up $98 million in net losses in the past several years, cannot produce enough cash from current operations after debt-service payments and carries significant debt, the audit said.
Nevada Geothermal Power will hold its annual shareholders meeting on July 24, which will touch on the structure of the firm's debt regarding the Blue Mountain geothermal power project in Humboldt County, Nev.
That 49.5-megawatt project is what secured the federal loan guarantee in 2010 for the company. The federal government backs 80 percent of the loan.
Some readers inclined to schadenfreude might be interested in a nice round up by my colleague Tim Cavanaugh of failed Obama administration green energy boondoggles.
