2016
OCTOBER
- Powering New Markets: Energy Storage Poised for Growth report released
JULY
- Supplement released to Title XVII Renewable Energy and Efficient Energy Projects solicitation clarifying electric vehicle charging infrastructure eligibility
JANUARY
2015
DECEMBER
- Financing Innovation to Address Climate Change report released
- Desert Sunlight awarded Top Plant (Renewables) – POWER Magazine
OCTOBER
- $1 billion in new loan guarantee authority finalized for Advanced Fossil Energy Projects ($500 million) and Renewable Energy and Efficient Energy Projects ($500 million) solicitations
AUGUST
- Supplements released to Advanced Fossil Energy Projects and Renewable Energy and Efficient Energy Projects solicitations clarifying eligibility of Distributed Energy Projects
JULY
- Mark McCall hired as Executive Director, Loan Programs Office
- Supplements released to Advanced Fossil Energy Projects and Renewable Energy and Efficiency Energy Projects solicitations clarifying eligibility of projects that use mixed fuels, projects that produce products (including chemicals), and for how efficiency is defined
- Supplement released to Advanced Nuclear Energy Projects solicitation clarifying projects that do not generate, or facilitate the generation of, power
JUNE
- Loan guarantees issued for Vogtle (MEAG Power)
MARCH
- Conditional commitment for ATVM loan offered to Alcoa
FEBRUARY
- Powering New Markets: Utility-scale Photovoltaic Solar report released
2014
DECEMBER
- Agua Caliente awarded 2014 Top Plant (Solar) – POWER Magazine
- Ivanpah awarded Renewable Energy Project of the Year – Pennwell
- Crescent Dunes awarded Project of the Year, Best Energy/Industrial & Excellence in Safety Award of Merit – Engineering News Record Southwest
- $12.5 billion Advanced Nuclear Energy Projects Loan Guarantee Solicitation issued
NOVEMBER
- LPO Financial Performance report released
OCTOBER
- Secretary Moniz and LPO Executive Director Davidson attend dedication ceremony for Abengoa Bioenergy
- Solana awarded Utility-Scale Innovation Award – Energy Storage North America
SEPTEMBER
- Draft Advanced Nuclear Energy Projects Loan Guarantee Solicitation issued
AUGUST
- Ivanpah awarded 2014 Plant of the Year – POWER Magazine
JULY
- $4 billion Renewable Energy and Efficient Energy Projects Loan Guarantee Solicitation issued
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Cape Wind
JUNE
- 2014: The Year of Concentrating Solar Power report released
APRIL
- Draft Renewable Energy and Efficient Energy Projects Loan Guarantee Solicitation issued
FEBRUARY
- Loan guarantees issued for Vogtle (Georgia Power Company and Oglethorpe Power Corporation)
- Secretary Moniz and LPO Executive Director Davidson attend dedication ceremony for Ivanpah, which opens as the world’s largest concentrating solar power plant
2013
DECEMBER
- Mesquite awarded Renewable Top Plant – POWER Magazine
- $8 billion Advanced Fossil Energy Projects Loan Guarantee Solicitation issued
JULY
- Draft Advanced Fossil Energy Projects Loan Guarantee Solicitation issued
MAY
- Peter Davidson hired as Executive Director, Loan Programs Office
JANUARY
- Tesla Model S awarded 2013 Car of the Year – Motor Trend
2012
NOVEMBER
- Tesla Model S awarded 2013 Automobile of the Year – Automobile Magazine
MARCH
- Desert Sunlight awarded 2011 North American Solar Deal of the Year – Project Finance Magazine
FEBRUARY
- Agua Caliente awarded 2011 Solar Project of the Year – Renewable Energy World’s Excellence in Renewable Energy Award Program
- Ivanpah awarded CSP Achievement of the Year – Solar Power Generation USA
- Agua Caliente awarded 2011 Photovoltaic Project of the Year – Solar Power Generation USA
2011
SEPTEMBER
- The authority to issue loan guarantee under Section 1705 expired on September 30, 2011.
- Partial loan guarantee issued for Desert Sunlight through FIPP
- Partial loan guarantee issued for Project Amp through FIPP
- Loan guarantee issued for Antelope Valley Solar Ranch
- Loan guarantee issued for California Valley Solar Ranch
- Loan guarantee issued for Abengoa Bioenergy
- Loan guarantee issued for Crescent Dunes
- Loan guarantee issued for Mesquite
- Partial loan guarantee issued for Ormat Nevada through FIPP
- Partial loan guarantee issued for Granite Reliable through FIPP
- Loan guarantee issued for POET, LLC
- Loan guarantee issued for Alamosa
- Loan guarantee issued for 1366 Technologies
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to SolarCity Corporation (SolarStrong)
AUGUST
- Partial loan guarantee issued for Genesis through FIPP
- Loan guarantee issued for SoloPower, Inc.
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Abengoa Bioenergy
- Loan guarantee issued for Record Hill
- Loan guarantee issued for Agua Caliente
JULY
- Shepherds Flat awarded 2011 Renewable Energy Deal of the Year – Environmental Finance
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Severstal Dearborn, LLC
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to POET, LLC
JUNE
- Shepherds Flat awarded 2011 Deal of the Year – Energy Risk Magazine
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Antelope Valley Solar Ranch
- Conditional commitment for partial loan guarantee offered to Desert Sunlight through FIPP
- Conditional commitment for partial loan guarantee offered to Topaz Solar Farms, LLC through FIPP
- Conditional commitment for partial loan guarantee offered to Project Amp through FIPP
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Mesquite
- Conditional commitment for partial loan guarantee offered to Granite Reliable through FIPP
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to 1366 Technologies
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Calisolar Inc.
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Mojave
- Conditional commitment for partial loan guarantee offered to Genesis through FIPP
- Conditional commitment for partial loan guarantee offered to Ormat Nevada
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, Inc.
MAY
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Crescent Dunes
- Department of Energy Recognized by Computerworld as 2011 Honors Laureate
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Alamosa
APRIL
- LPO Online Application Portal awarded 2011 Laureate – International Data Group’s Computerworld Honors Program
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Solar Trust of America, LLC. (Solar Millennium)
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to California Valley Solar Ranch
- Loan guarantee issued for Ivanpah
MARCH
- Ormat’s Jersey Valley Power Plant awarded 2011 Geothermal Project of the Year – Renewable Energy World
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Record Hill
- ATVM loan issued for The Vehicle Production Group LLC
FEBRUARY
- Loan guarantee issued for One Nevada Line
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to SoloPower, Inc.
JANUARY
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Valero Energy Corporation and Darling International Inc.
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Agua Caliente
2010
DECEMBER
- LPO Online Application Portal awarded 2010 Global Awards for Excellence in BPM & Workflow – Workflow Management Coalition and BPM.com
- Loan guarantee issued for Abound Solar Manufacturing
- Partial loan guarantee issued for Shepherds Flat through FIPP
- Loan guarantee issued for AES Energy Storage, LLC
NOVEMBER
- Conditional commitment for ATVM loan offered to The Vehicle Production Group LLC
OCTOBER
- Conditional commitment for partial loan guarantee offered to Shepherds Flat through FIPP
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to One Nevada Line
AUGUST
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to AES Energy Storage, LLC
- Loan guarantee issued for Beacon Power Corporation
- Commercial Technology Manufacturing Systems and Components solicitation issued
JULY
- Loan guarantee issued for Kahuku
- Partial loan guarantee issued for Blue Mountain through FIPP
JUNE
- Loan guarantee issued for USG Oregon
- Conditional commitment for partial loan guarantee offered to Blue Mountain through FIPP
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Solana
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee issued offered Abound Solar Manufacturing, LLC
MAY
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to AREVA Enrichment Services, LLC
APRIL
- ATVM loan issued for Fisker Automotive
MARCH
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Kahuku
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to SAGE Electrochromics, Inc.
FEBRUARY
- Conditional commitments for loan guarantees offered to Vogtle (Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation and the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia)
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Ivanpah
JANUARY
- ATVM loan issued for Nissan
- ATVM loan issued for Tesla
- Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2010 amends Interim Final Rule to include ultra-efficient vehicles
2009
DECEMBER
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Red River Environmental Products, LLC
NOVEMBER
- Jonathan Silver hired as Executive Director, Loan Programs Office
OCTOBER
- Financial Institution Partnership Program - Commercial Technology Renewable Energy Generation Projects solicitation issued
SEPTEMBER
- ATVM loan issued for Ford
- Conditional commitment for ATVM loan offered to Fisker Automotive
- Loan guarantee issued for Solyndra, Inc.
JULY
- 2009 Transmission solicitation issued
- 2009 Energy Efficiency Renewable solicitation issued
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Beacon Power Corporation
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Nordic Windpower USA, Inc.
JUNE
- Conditional commitment for ATVM loan offered to Ford
- Conditional commitment for ATVM loan offered to Nissan
- Conditional commitment for ATVM loan offered to Tesla
MARCH
- Conditional commitment for loan guarantee offered to Solyndra, Inc.
FEBRUARY
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 amended Loan Guarantee Program’s authorizing legislation, creating Section 1705
2008
NOVEMBER
- Director, Advanced Technologies Vehicle Manufacturing Loan Program hired
- DOE issues rules for ATVM Loan Program
OCTOBER
- Initial rankings issued for 2008 Nuclear Power loan guarantee solicitation
SEPTEMBER
- Advanced Fossil Energy Projects loan guarantee solicitation issued
- The FY 2009 Continuing Resolution enacted – appropriated $7.5 billion to support a maximum of $25 billion in loans under ATVM Loan Program.
JUNE
- DOE issues three solicitations for loan guarantees:
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and Advanced Transmission and Distribution
- Nuclear Power
- Front End Nuclear Fuel Cycle
JANUARY
- Energy Independence and Security Act enacted, creating Section 136 ATVM Loan Program
2007
OCTOBER
- DOE issues Final Regulations for Loan Guarantee Program
- Sixteen pre-applicants from August 2006 Solicitation invited to submit full application
AUGUST
- Director, Loan Guarantee Program hired
MAY
- DOE issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
APRIL
- Loan Guarantee Program funded and begins operations
FEBRUARY
- Congress provides DOE with initial loan guarantee authority
2006
AUGUST
- First solicitation issued inviting interested parties to submit pre-applications
2005
AUGUST
- Energy Policy Act of 2005 enacted, including Title XVII, Incentives for Innovative Technologies, creating Section 1703