And Everyone Thought Solyndra Was Bad News …
When Solyndra filed for bankruptcy forcing US taxpayers to swallow a $500 million loss, the public outcry caused some real problems for the solar industry and its champion, the Obama administration. The noise could get a lot louder if Solar…
Solar Millenium, Solar Trust’s Germany-based majority owner, filed for bankruptcy last December. Solar Millenium wanted to sell the Blythe project to another German outfit, solarhybrid AG, but solarhybrid went belly-up too.
In its filing yesterday, Solar Trust revealed that it was two months behind on its rent and would be unable to pay some bills that are expected to come in very soon.
According to Bloomberg News, Solar Trust’s bankruptcy filing listed $100 million in assets and $500 million in debt, so it appears that taxpayer dollars might be safe — well, at least 1.6 billion of the 2.1 billion taxpayer dollars.
Paul Ausick
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Paul Ausick has been writing for 247Wallst.com for more than a decade. He has written extensively on investing in the energy, defense, and technology sectors. In a previous life, he wrote technical documentation and managed a marketing communications group in Silicon Valley.
He has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Chicago and now lives in Montana, where he fishes for trout in the summer and stays inside during the winter.
