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The Evolution of Commercial Solar: Lessons from Discontinued Solar Brands
14 Jan 2026 14:00 GMT
… , exited the market in 2011. Solyndra, once celebrated for its unique … early commercial markets. Solyndra's innovative cylindrical solar panels, though commercially … also driving further adoption of solar energy by making upgrades and replacements …
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Audit Reveals 1 in 5 Energy Department Loan Officers Had Conflicts of Interest, Risking Billions in Taxpayer-Funded Projects
27 Dec 2025 14:11 GMT
… scathing audit by the Energy Department’s Office of … s handling of taxpayer-funded energy projects.
The report, … 535 million guarantee for Solyndra, a solar startup that later collapsed … since approved billions for:
Energy Secretary Chris Wright testified in …
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Read the Room Sac County Supervisors: Another Solar Farm Approval is Another Failed Experiment
19 Nov 2025 21:01 GMT
… doesn’t need more solar farms to produce solar energy – California needs distribution … down. Larger than the Obama Solyndra solar scandal, the Ivanpah project is … the Department of Energy, “Ivanpah uses power tower solar thermal technology to …
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Slow rollout throttled Biden’s big clean energy ambitions, former staffers say
04 Nov 2025 11:50 GMT
… to bankroll a historic green energy revolution, former administration officials wrote … ex-president’s energy agenda.
Memories of Solyndra, a solar manufacturer whose 2011 … plants, solar farms, electric vehicle factories and other clean energy projects, they …
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Solyndra Meets Trump Taj Mahal
03 Nov 2025 19:12 GMT
… m skeptical. Very skeptical.
Nuclear energy is a lousy business. On … part of America’s future energy portfolio. The problem is, … colleague Peter Van Doren and energy analyst David Kemp studied whether … will be a cross between Solyndra and the Trump Taj Mahal …
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California pension fund loses 71% of $468 million clean energy investment, refuses to explain how
30 Oct 2025 13:05 GMT
… strategies.
The CalPERS Clean Energy & Technology Fund, launched … focus on U.S. solar energy projects. A Capital Dynamics … energy investing later noted the fate of one such company, Evergreen Solar … The most infamous example, Solyndra, left U.S. taxpayers …
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California's Retirement Fund Lost 71% Of $468M Investment In Clean Energy And Won't Say How
30 Oct 2025 03:33 GMT
… Square, the CalPERS Clean Energy & Technology Fund (CETF … poured billions into clean-energy ventures. According to … heavily on U.S. solar energy projects.
Capital Dynamics’ then … energy investing later noted.
The best-known casualty of that boom, Solyndra …
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China Omits Mention Of New Energy Vehicles In Latest 5-Year Plan
30 Oct 2025 23:01 GMT
… Stripe.
Sales of “new energy vehicles” — battery electric, … with derision when Solyndra, a domestic solar panel manufacturer supported … Republican antagonism to renewable energy in all forms.
… , bio-manufacturing, hydrogen energy, and nuclear fusion as …
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CA state retirement fund lost 71% of its $468M clean energy but won’t say how
27 Oct 2025 13:29 GMT
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Investments in American solar energy during and around the Obama … most public of which was Solyndra. The Obama administration provided … of solar energy, solar-thermal energy, wind energy components, waste-to-energy, LED lighting, energy storage …
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California’s Ivanpah CSP closure shows tech shift, not solar decline
07 Oct 2025 06:58 GMT
… than a failure of solar energy.
October 7, 2025
… another failed green energy boondoggle, much like Solyndra,” Jason Isaac, … chief executive officer of the American Energy … ;kWh. Utility-scale solar with energy storage co-located ranges …