XPost: alt.global-warming, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: katt@gmail.com   
      
    	   
   On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:42:10 -0800,  dart200 says...   
      
   > > Yup, and that's why all the climate screeching whores and shills, who used   
   to   
   > > tell those lies, are gone.   
   >   
   > there definitely a place for solar, it's not a total scam   
      
   Yes... in the PRIVATE sector. WE shouldn't be paying for these companies to go   
   bankrupt and never pay us back, while their executives rob the coffers and   
   sell their stock and go live on a beach while growing old.   
      
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   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*   
      
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   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.   
      
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