Comments on: Fremont’s Solyndra Wins First DoE Funding

By: Showcase Solar Company Solyndra Files for Bankruptcy | CleanTechnica

Showcase Solar Company Solyndra Files for Bankruptcy | CleanTechnica — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:05:15 +0000

[...] a California solar panel maker — once a showcase for the Obama administration’s attempt to create clean energy jobs — stopped operating Wednesday as it filed for bankruptcy protection. In the wake of its [...]

By: Deb

Deb — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:11:00 +0000

Congratulations on being right. I bet the author is still drinking the kool-aid though.

By: Solyndra’s Latest Install Will Make 1,360 MWH Annually for France – CleanTechnica: Cleantech innovation news and views

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:51:59 +0000

[...] at home, Solyndra is under heavy criticism for receiving support from the Obama administration in 2009 and yet subsequently having to cut back on its employee numbers (by between 20 and 40, out of [...]

By: adam starr

adam starr — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:46:12 +0000

Taxpayers shouldn’t be asked to back high risk VC investments. Leave that to the VCs. “Sol” is right that the money should go to make a market and let the VCs chase the market. Solyndra is all smoke and mirrors. The modules are less than 8% efficiency and the cost to make them on tubes is much higher than on flat window glass. They will never make a profit. The only question is who will be left holding the bag when the company finally collapses. Looks like the VCs just got bailed out by the government.

By: adam starr

adam starr — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:46:00 +0000

By: Susan Kraemer

Susan Kraemer — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:25:21 +0000

What Bob said: – I am hardly a columnist, indeed I work for another solar company, but I can attest that millions, (or even pennies) have not been paid to me, nor the old friend that I got the inside story from.

By: Susan Kraemer

Susan Kraemer — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:25:00 +0000

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:43:07 +0000

@eh – I am close to Solyndra. Millions HAVE NOT been spent in marketing or paying columnists. Quite the contrary. Know your facts before posting such info.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:43:00 +0000

@eh – I am close to Solyndra. Millions HAVE NOT been spent in marketing or paying columnists. Quite the contrary. Know your facts before posting such info.

By: sol

sol — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:14:07 +0000

We shouldn’t be allocating this money to young startup companies with significant execution risk. Even if they are successful they will only pour more panels into an oversupplied market. These loan guarantees should be focused on project developers who can take advantage of this oversupply of modules and will be far lower risk investments.