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"But members of Trump?s transition team and the initial agency hires are critics of the program. Trump Can?t Kill Solyndra Loan Office That Outperforms BanksThe program is meant to help finance energy projects too risky to get traditional financing from banks. President Donald Trump?s advisers have recommended the Energy Department freeze and consider ending a loan program that famously backed the failed solar panel maker Solyndra LLC, according to two people familiar with the plan. In addition to the funds available for wind, solar and storage technologies, it has $8.5 billion left for fossil-energy and $12.5 billion for nuclear plants. "New technologies -- be they sleek electric vehicle plants, solar-cell factories or molten salt storage facilities -- can?t get the capital they need from commercial lenders, according to supporters of the loan program.