By 1977 he had arranged financing, and thus the film was completed over the two-year period of 1977-79.

"I spent that time trying to arrange financing," he said.

He said it had arranged additional financing of $200 million.

If an agreement is reached, his aides said, the group will have six to nine months to arrange financing.

Over the next 4 years he spends time preparing the site and arranging financing.

The government may step in to act as an agent to arrange financing, or the solar companies will do it themselves.

Organizers are trying to arrange private financing to keep the program alive.

"But just as often, someone I've met at an open house calls me about arranging financing for another property that they eventually end up buying."

That offer collapsed when the group could not arrange adequate financing.

Since then, he has reportedly been working around the clock to arrange financing.