Government officials blame unfair competition from China for the
collapse of solar panel manufacturer Solyndra, but such concerns didn’t
stop the federal government from breaking stimulus program rules to use
Chinese solar panels atop a federal building housing the offices of a
senator, congressman and several agencies. Even the contractor
questioned whether Chinese-made panels could be used under the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the stimulus program that mandated use of
U.S.-made products. His query in early 2010 was dismissed and the
General Services Administration moved forward with using the Chinese
panels on the Sen. Paul Simon Federal Building in Carbondale, Ill.,
records show. Dan Cruz, a GSA spokesman, said an agency review found no other
instances of GSA projects using solar panels made outside of the U.S...more
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Feds ignore rules and use stimulus cash to buy Chinese solar panels
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hi. thanks for shedding light on such critical issues.
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