ABound Solar - Independence Institute

CO Green dream proves nightmare for taxpayers 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- July 3, 2012
GIGAOM reports that, as of last week, General Electric is putting on hold its plan to be a major solar panel manufacturer in Colorado. According to the self-described emerging technology blog GIGAOM: General Electric was set to become a major solar manufacturer when it announced a 400 MW factory in Colorado last year. Over a
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Flashback: Drunk on Sunshine 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- June 28, 2012
A mere seven months ago, the Denver Business Journal quoted Abound Solar President and CEO Craig Witsoe bragging that his thin-filmed cadmium telluride solar panel manufacturing company was the “anti-Solyndra,” referring to the scandalous and abrupt bankruptcy of the California-based thin-filmed manufacturer that saw the FBI raid its luxurious taxpayer-supported headquarters. Cathy Proctor of the
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CO Solyndra: Pat Stryker's Abound Solar Goes Bankrupt 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- June 28, 2012
Pat Stryker’s Abound Solar “will close its doors and file for bankruptcy” next week according to the Department of Energy (DOE) blog. Because the bankruptcy means roughly $70 million in lost taxpayer money, we take no joy in saying that “we told you so.” Back on January 11, 2012, we wrote: Unfortunately for taxpayers who
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CO Solyndra: Pat Stryker’s Abound Solar Goes Bankrupt 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- June 28, 2012
Pat Stryker’s Abound Solar “will close its doors and file for bankruptcy” next week according to the Department of Energy (DOE) blog. Because the bankruptcy means roughly $70 million in lost taxpayer money, we take no joy in saying that “we told you so.” Back on January 11, 2012, we wrote: Unfortunately for taxpayers who
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Pat Stryker waiting for more taxpayer money to fund Abound 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- March 20, 2012
Leftist billionaire heiress Pat Stryker is waiting to see if taxpayers via the Department of Energy (DOE) will throw another $10 million at Stryker’s failed thin-filmed solar panel manufacturer Abound Solar before she puts any more of her own money into the Colorado-based company reports Eric Wesoff of GreenTech Media: The firm awaits $10 million from the
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Taxpayers still on the hook for Abound employees?0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- March 14, 2012
Are taxpayers still paying for Abound Solar employees despite the company’s cost saving measure of laying off 70 percent of its work force? Could be, and the figure could be more than $2 million. Late last month Colorado-based Abound Solar announced layoffs of 180 full-time and another 100 part-time employees so the thin-filmed photovoltaic manufacturer
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