美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬說，撥款將確保創(chuàng)造5000個工作機會，并支持美國第一家徹夜發(fā)電的太陽能發(fā)電廠。
    奧巴馬再次強調(diào)了低碳技術(shù)在帶領(lǐng)美國走出經(jīng)濟衰退中將起到的關(guān)鍵作用。他在星期六的每周講話中宣布將為兩個大型太陽能項目擔(dān)保近20億的貸款。預(yù)計這兩個項目共將產(chǎn)生5000個工作機會。
    奧巴馬說，美國能源部將在本周批準(zhǔn)貸款擔(dān)保18.5億美元，作為政府經(jīng)濟刺激計劃的一部分，由此可鑒政府正在“加速向干凈能源經(jīng)濟過渡，并加倍利用風(fēng)能、太陽能等可再生清潔能源。 這一步將可能創(chuàng)造新產(chǎn)業(yè)并未美國的造就成千上萬個新職位。
    西班牙可再生能源公司阿文戈亞太陽能公司將獲14.5億美元，以支持其在亞利桑那州索拉納附近希拉本德的太陽能電站項目。預(yù)計該電站產(chǎn)生電力可滿足70,000戶家庭需求。
奧巴馬堅持認(rèn)為，該項目將對美國經(jīng)濟發(fā)展起到重要的推動作用。同時該電站也是美國第一個可儲存能量并徹夜發(fā)電的太陽能電站。
    另有4億美元將進(jìn)入科羅拉多州的盛產(chǎn)太陽能囊中，以扶持該公司新建的兩個新的太陽能面板制造工廠。該工廠預(yù)計創(chuàng)造2,000 個建筑工人崗位及1500個全職職位。

    United States President Barack Obama said loan guarantees would create 5,000 jobs and support the first US solar plant to provide energy through the night, businessgreen.com reported on Monday.
    Obama has once again underlined the crucial role that low carbon technologies will play in leading the US out of recession, using his weekly address on Saturday to announce nearly $2bn in loan guarantees to two large scale solar energy projects, which combined are expected to create up to 5,000 jobs.
    Obama said the Department of Energy would this week approve $1.85bn in loan guarantees as part of the government‘s economic stimulus package, citing the move as evidence the administration is ”accelerating the transition to a clean energy economy and doubling our use of renewable energy sources like wind and solar power - steps that have the potential to create whole new industries and hundreds of thousands of new jobs in America.”
    Spanish renewable energy firm Abengoa Solar is to receive $1.45bn in loan guarantees to help support the development of its proposed Solana solar farm near Gila Bend, Arizona, which is expected to generate enough power for around 70,000 homes.
    Obama insisted that the project would provide a major boost for the US economy, while also providing the country‘s first solar plant capable of storing energy and generating power overnight.
A further $400m in loan guarantees will be provided to Colorado-based Abound Solar Manufacturing to help support the development of two new solar panel manufacturing plants, which are expected to create 2,000 construction jobs and 1,500 permanent jobs.