Mass Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs best defense, ‘State says clean energy firms thrive in Massachusetts', hangs a lantern over the state's inability to pick winners.

From the perspective of the public funding approximately 60 percent of these investments, Evergreen Solar and Beacon Power are in bankruptcy protection; Boston Power is moving to China; A123 Systems' battery defect, according to Fisker Automotive, has prompted the recall of 239 Karma cars in the U.S. Boston-based First Wind, New England's largest wind developer, has lost $333 million in needed capital by Maine Public Utilities Commission recent ruling against their... [continue via Web link]