Even if the DOE liked the South Texas Project expansion plan, there was no way DOE was going to back a project with partners embroiled in a lawsuit.

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Would this project have any privet investors without the DOE money?

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After unsuccessfully shopping the project to 150 venture capital, debt and equity investors, the DOE may be Mr. Taylor's only way for retaining control over the landfill technology that he spent more than 15 years developing.

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