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   From: katt@gmail.com   
      
   Major Solar and Wind Contractors and EV Makers That Went Out of Business from   
   2008 to 2015 and what they were given to eventually fail.   
      
   Clue to the clueless: Musk, SpaceX and Tesla are still in business and VERY   
   solvent.   
      
   Major Solar, Wind and EV Makers' Bankruptcies Include:   
      
   1.	Evergreen Solar ($25 million)*   
   2.	SpectraWatt ($500,000)*   
   3.	Solyndra ($535 million)*   
   4.	Beacon Power ($43 million)*   
   5.	Nevada Geothermal ($98.5 million)   
   6.	SunPower ($1.2 billion)   
   7.	First Solar ($1.46 billion)   
   8.	Babcock and Brown ($178 million)   
   9.	EnerDel's subsidiary Ener1 ($118.5 million)*   
   10.	Amonix ($5.9 million)   
   11.	Fisker Automotive ($529 million)   
   12.	Abound Solar ($400 million)*   
   13.	A123 Systems ($279 million)*   
   14.	Willard and Kelsey Solar Group ($700,981)*   
   15.	Johnson Controls ($299 million)   
   16.	Brightsource ($1.6 billion)   
   17.	ECOtality ($126.2 million)   
   18.	Raser Technologies ($33 million)*   
   19.	Energy Conversion Devices ($13.3 million)*   
   20.	Mountain Plaza, Inc. ($2 million)*   
   21.	Olsen's Crop Service and Mills Acquisition Company ($10m)*   
   22.	Range Fuels ($80 million)*   
   23.	Thompson River Power ($6.5 million)*   
   24.	Stirling Energy Systems ($7 million)*   
   25.	Azure Dynamics ($5.4 million)*   
   26.	GreenVolts ($500,000)   
   27.	Vestas ($50 million)   
   28.	LG Chem's subsidiary Compact Power ($151 million)   
   29.	Nordic Windpower ($16 million)*   
   30.	Navistar ($39 million)   
   31.	Satcon ($3 million)*   
   32.	Konarka Technologies Inc. ($20 million)*   
   33.	Mascoma Corp. ($100 million)   
      
   =====   
      
   Major Solar Contractors That Went Out of Business in 2023 & 2024   
      
   Major Solar Bankruptcies as of November 2024 Include:   
      
   34.	SunPower - Multiple States*   
   35.	Pink Energy - Multiple States*   
   36.	MC Solar - Modern Concepts - Florida*   
   37.	Harness Power - California*   
   38.	NM Solar Group - New Mexico*   
   39.	ASA - American Solar Advantage - California*   
   40.	Kuubix Energy - California*   
   41.	Erus Energy - Arizona*   
   42.	Infinity Energy - California*   
   43.	Suntuity Renewables - Per Sunova - NJ, CA , TX*   
   44.	ADT Solar - Multiple States*   
   45.	Vision Solar - Multiple States*   
   46.	Solcius - CA, NM, AZ, NV*   
   47.	Sunworks, Inc. - CA*   
   48.	Kayo Energy - AZ, CA, TX, FL*   
   49.	iSun - CT*   
   50.	Titan Solar Power - Multiple States*   
   51.	Lumio Solar - Utah*   
      
      
   California Company Closures:   
      
   52.	ASA - American Solar Advantage - CA*   
   53.	Bratton Solar- CA*   
   54.	Canapoy Energy - CA*   
   55.	Charged Up Energy - CA*   
   56.	Enver Solar - CA*   
   57.	Harness Power - CA*   
   58.	GCI Solar - CA*   
   59.	Green Nrg - CA*   
   60.	Kuubix Energy - CA*   
   61.	Peak Power USA - CA*   
   62.	Penguin Home- CA*   
   63.	Polar Solar - CA*   
   64.	Professional Roofing and Solar - CA*   
   65.	Sigora Home Solar - CA*   
   66.	Solsun USA - CA*   
   67.	Solar Advantage - CA*   
   68.	Sullivan Solar Power - CA*   
   69.	Sungrade Solar - CA*   
   70.	SunPower - CA*   
   71.	Sunstor Solar - CA*   
   72.	RGS Energy - CA*   
   73.	Solar Spectrum - CA*   
   74.	Sunworks, Inc. - CA**   
   75.	Swell Energy - CA*   
   76.	United Solar Inc. - CA*   
      
      
   Texas Company Closures:   
      
   77.	American Sun*   
   78.	Daybreak Solar Power*   
   79.	Cosmo Solaris - DBA WNK Associates , Under Investigation*   
   80.	Envirosolar*   
   81.	Hitech Solar*   
   82.	Integrity Solar*   
   83.	Next Energy*   
   84.	Speir Innovations*   
   85.	TES Home Solar*   
   86.	Texas Solar Broker LLC*   
   87.	Texas Solar Integrated LLC*   
   88.	Verisolar*   
   89.	Vulcan Solar*   
      
   Other States:   
      
   90.	3D Solar - Florida*   
   91.	AAA Certified Solar - Nevada*   
   92.	Accept Solar - MA*   
   93.	ACE Solar Systems - AZ*   
   94.	Arizona Solar Concepts - AZ*   
   95.	Code Green Solar - NJ*   
   96.	EcoMark Solar - CO*   
   97.	Elan Solar - UT*   
   98.	Electriq Power - FL*   
   99.	Encor Solar - UT*   
   100.	Gulf South Solar - LA*   
   101.	Moxie Solar - IA*   
   102.	Refresh Energy Group - CO*   
   103.	Saveco Solar - UT*   
   104.	Solar Is Freedom - OH*   
   105.	Solar Titan USA - TN*   
   106.	SolarDot - FL*   
   107.	Solarworks - AZ*   
   108.	Solular, LLC - NJ*   
   109.	Utah Solar Group - UT*   
   110.	Voltage Solar Power - FL*   
   111.	Zenernet - AZ*   
      
   *Denotes companies that have filed for bankruptcy.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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