Can't see Macintosh HD when trying to reinstall

In short: Trying to reinstall Yosemite after erasing disk, can't see Macintosh HD when asked to select install disk, can I lay see recovery (which is locked). Can see disk under disk utility but no Erase tab visible, only First Aid and Partition tabs. In long: I've just today got my MBA 15", and I spent the day setting up things, including activating FileVault. I encountered the dreaded "connect power adaptor to resume encryption" bug (despite the progress bar having completed and then power adaptor indeed being connected. I thought, since I'd not installed much or put any data on, that the easiest solution was to erase the drive and reinstall OSX from recovery. I booted into recovery -> disk utility, chose the Macintosh HD, and went onto the erase tab. After trying to erase, I was met with an error message. I can't remember the details but I think it mentioned not being able to encrypt. I then went to the Reinstall OSX section, but where there was previously the option to select my Macintosh HD, there was now only my external HD. Going back to the disk utility, I can still see the Macintosh HD but there are now only First Aid and Partition tabs, and everything in the partition tab is greyed out. Rebooting the machine only changed one thing: under Reinstall OSX, when selecting a drive, the recovered rive is now visible (though locked). I'm worried I've bricked my 12 hour old baby, can you help me out? Thanks, Joe

Let me see if I have this straight:
Brand new 15" MacBook Air.
You activated FileVault, and the encryption process "froze" when you encountered a bug.
You decided to erase the drive, and re-install Yosemite, but the installer is not giving you Macintosh HD as an available option.
I've never encountered this bug that you speak of, and I've activated FileVault on several Macs over the years, so I can't speak to it directly.
My suggestion is to ensure you have a reliable power connection (ie. check that the power connector is on straight and there's no metal pieces stuck inside to the magnets), re-erase the drive, and then try install Yosemite again.

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