On Saturday, July 5th 2010, President Obama announced his approval of the DOE loan guarantee for solar energy projects.  This $1.85 billion in funding takes advantage of last year’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). 

Other recent ARRA projects received a combined total of $76 million a few weeks ago.  These projects received federal funding to produce products that are unique to the sustainable construction industry and also train professionals to be familiar with this equipm...