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Solyndra was a manufacturer of cylindrical panels of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin film solar cells. It was based in Fremont, California . In 2009, the Obama administration co-signed $535 million in loans to Solyndra.
List of notable companies manufacturing copper indium gallium selenide solar cells (CIGS): . Ascent Solar Technologies; Avancis (former subsidiary of Saint Gobain) Miasolé [1] ...
Like Solyndra, Konarka had received federal financial support. But Konarka also had received 2002 financial support from then-Massachusetts Governor Romney's administration. As such Konarka became something of a counterpoint to Solyndra in the political exchange with the Democratic president.[32][33]
Today, Intel threatens to become this administration's Solyndra (the solar company, which went bankrupt after getting more than $500m in government funding). This would be disastrous, both for the ...
Michael D. Shellenberger (born June 16, 1971) is an author and journalist who writes on a wide range of topics including free speech, homelessness, and the environment. He is the first endowed professor at the University of Austin, serving as CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship, and Free Speech. [1]
Signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2008, the program became synonymous with failed industrial policy after the collapse of high-profile recipient Solyndra.
Kaiser's family foundation was a large investor in the now-defunct Solyndra Corporation. The company has revealed that the foundation invested $340 million in the venture in July 2009, and subsequently gave preferential consideration to a plant site proposed for an economically depressed area of North Tulsa.
The company Solyndra ceased all business activity and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2011, and Nanosolar, also a CIGS manufacturer, closed its doors in 2013. Although both companies produced CIGS solar cells, it has been pointed out, that the failure was not due to the technology but rather because of the companies themselves, using a ...