THE HILL: Second Green Flop Stokes Controversy.

The White House is facing fresh political headaches over energy loans as a second Energy Department-backed company goes bankrupt and Republicans prepare to subpoena White House internal communications on the failed solar company Solyndra.

Beacon Power Corp., the energy storage company that received a $43 million Energy Department (DOE) loan guarantee last year, filed for bankruptcy over the weekend, prompting a fresh wave of GOP criticism of the embattled DOE loan program. . . . Beacon’s collapse will add new hurdles to White House efforts to get ahead of political attacks on the administration’s handling of the Energy Department’s loan guarantee portfolio.

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