4,000 Clean Energy Jobs

by Steven Chu on Friday, September 4, 2009 at 2:16pm ·

Earlier today, Vice President Biden and I announced the Department of Energy has finalized a $535 million loan guarantee for Solyndra, Inc., which manufactures innovative cylindrical solar photovoltaic panels that provide clean, renewable energy. The funding will finance construction of the first phase of the company's new manufacturing facility in Fremont, California. Solyndra estimates the new plant will initially create 3,000 construction jobs, and lead to as many as 1,000 jobs once the facility opens.

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  • Deborah Phelan, Damon Tighe, Ying Y. Huang and 164 others like this.
    • Kirk Lunde Keep up the good work.
      September 4, 2009 at 2:18pm
    • Karri Peterson It's not that I don't like clean jobs, it's just that I think there might be a better approach to it than a government loan.
      September 4, 2009 at 2:19pm
    • Jolin Yu finally... it is just a matter of time!!
      September 4, 2009 at 2:19pm
    • James Ross Good Job bringing Jobs to San Francisco.
      September 4, 2009 at 2:20pm
    • Kishore Hari headquarted in Fremont, CA...more jobs to the Bay Area!
      September 4, 2009 at 2:31pm
    • Jaime Schmitz Blakesley excellent!
      September 4, 2009 at 2:35pm
    • Sashi Nair It is better to be clean in energy than be sorry!
      September 4, 2009 at 2:41pm
    • Melody Chao Feel so good to hear this!
      September 4, 2009 at 2:43pm
    • David Kowalski YES, clean, renewable energy...no dirty coal, no more radioactive nuclear waste!
      September 4, 2009 at 2:51pm
    • Pamela Mays McDonald You are AWESOME!
      September 4, 2009 at 2:54pm
    • Jia Yi Har Finally!!
      September 4, 2009 at 2:58pm
    • Jerry Henderson Dr. Chu don't forget the solar thermal industry, we could use the help also. Solar voltaic is not are only or best option.
      September 4, 2009 at 3:03pm
    • Chi Nguyen You go boss!
      September 4, 2009 at 3:03pm
    • Golden Sun Way to go Secretary Chu. Today the sun shines for you. Keep up the good work.
      September 4, 2009 at 3:04pm
    • Aaron Spindell i am still curious about how much kwh/kwp you get from that patio furniture looking solyndra stuff, for a large installation in Fremont CA for example.
      September 4, 2009 at 3:33pm
    • Marissa Blas awesome!!!!!!
      September 4, 2009 at 4:03pm
    • Ed Shafer Lord knows we need jobs in this country and clean energy jobs are the best there is.
      September 4, 2009 at 4:07pm
    • Tony Rusi What about the new solar cell work at caltech with silicon nanowire 3d cells? This is the problem with government picking winners, instead of setting up a constest that requires some demonstration to win.
      September 4, 2009 at 4:15pm
    • Don Yonce THIS IS GOOD ! IT WILL INITIATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF
      SOLAR CAPABILITY..WORKS FOR NASA.
      September 4, 2009 at 4:16pm
    • Woo Nam Seng Davy Always for Green Technologies & Alternate fuel.
      September 4, 2009 at 4:18pm
    • Darla Colburn Wilson come on gov...lets get the green jobs rollin! GET AMERICA ON THE RIGHT TRACK!!! go green go!
      September 4, 2009 at 4:52pm
    • Ken Oatman Solyndra is an up and coming technology for high wind load roofs up here in Colorado.
      September 4, 2009 at 4:57pm
    • Shirley Dumais Hooray! This should be a non-controversial green solution, shouldn't it? (I don't mean that I expect one product to be the answer to all energy problems, of course.)
      September 4, 2009 at 5:09pm
    • Mery Mogollón cylindrical solar? what's that?
      September 4, 2009 at 5:58pm
    • James Richardson Great!
      September 4, 2009 at 6:11pm
    • Katie McCarthy Brazel Secretary Chu may be an energy rock star, dontcha think?
      September 4, 2009 at 6:27pm
    • Jeff Young Sec. Chu, You really should have Tiffany schedule some time for you to come on the radio program Living on Earth to talk about how the recovery act money is playing out for clean energy.
      September 4, 2009 at 6:41pm
    • Mary Anne Burns We need 4 MILLION.
      September 4, 2009 at 6:45pm
    • Ed Lynn Another wise investment. Way to go!
      September 4, 2009 at 6:59pm
    • Fred Bentler Great to see the government providing financial backing now for the kind of enterprise that's in high demand.
      September 4, 2009 at 8:55pm
    • Jennifer Cunningham Wilz Thank you again, Secretary Chu, for keeping us information!
      September 5, 2009 at 12:27am
    • Hayward Withers If the product they make is good or useful or better than what is currently available, then why do they need taxpayer money given to them?
      September 5, 2009 at 5:49pm
    • Jim Gentile Congratulations - this is precisely what we need to both restore US jobs, and to work diligently on issues of climate change.
      September 6, 2009 at 7:09am
    • Kathryn Reilly Thank you! This is an example of a good use of taxpayer money! The payback benefits all of us, more jobs, cleaner energy, better for the environment!
      September 6, 2009 at 8:25am
    • Virginia Anne Kent Mr. Chu, you came to Richland a fews weeks ago and the staff at RL did not get to meet you.
      September 6, 2009 at 4:40pm
    • Hayward Withers
      ‎3000 "jobs" are the construction workers building the plant. The other 1000 will work in the plant when completed. How is that "4000 jobs?" The 1000 plant workers won't be working while the contruction is taking place. Then the 3000 co...nstruction workers will be fired and 1000 hired in the plant. At no time will "4000" be employed.

      By that same logic, you can take a plant that employes 1000 people and fire them all on friday, hire them all back on Monday and say you "created 2000 jobs!"      See More
      September 6, 2009 at 5:24pm