The corruption runs deep. If media did their job you would see this: Anyone see a pattern here? The complete list of faltering or bankrupt green-energy companies using federal cash: * Denotes banlruptcy filed. 1. Evergreen Solar ($24 million)* 2. SpectraWatt ($500,000)* 3. Solyndra ($535 million)* 4. Beacon Power ($69 million)* 5. AES’s subsidiary Eastern Energy ($17.1 million) 6. Nevada Geothermal ($98.5 million) 7. SunPower ($1.5 billion) 8. First Solar ($1.46 billion) 9. Babcock and Brown ($178 million) 10. EnerDel’s subsidiary Ener1 ($118.5 million)* 11. Amonix ($5.9 million) 12. National Renewable Energy Lab ($200 million) 13. Fisker Automotive ($528 million) (Preping for BK 4/13) 14. Abound Solar ($374 million)* 15. A123 Systems ($279 million)* 16. Willard and Kelsey Solar Group ($6 million) 17. Johnson Controls ($299 million) 18. Schneider Electric ($86 million) 19. Brightsource ($1.6 billion) 20. ECOtality ($126.2 million) 21. Raser Technologies ($33 million)* 22. Energy Conversion Devices ($13.3 million)* 23. Mountain Plaza, Inc. ($2 million)* 24. Olsen’s Crop Service and Olsen’s Mills Acquisition Company ($10 million)* 25. Range Fuels ($80 million)* 26. Thompson River Power ($6.4 million)* 27. Stirling Energy Systems ($7 million)* 28. LSP Energy ($2.1 billion)* 29. UniSolar ($100 million)* 30. Azure Dynamics ($120 million)* 31. GreenVolts ($500,000) 32. Vestas ($50 million) 33. LG Chem’s subsidiary Compact Power ($150 million) Plant idle 34. Nordic Windpower ($16 million)* 35. Navistar ($10 million) 36. Satcon ($3 million)* 37. Rentech ($23 million) (Closing down 3/13) 38. Fisker Automotive (electric cars) $168 million* 39. Ecototality 9/13 (electric car chargers) $99.8 million* washingtontimes/news/2013/nov/5/another-black-eye-for-obama-agenda-on-clean-energy/ *Denotes companies that have filed for bankruptcy. blog.heritage.org/2012/10/18/president-obamas-taxpayer-backed-green-energy-failures/ breitbart/Big-Government/2012/11/13/Advanced-Equities-Another-Obama-Green-Casualty?utm_source=BreitbartNews&utm_medium=facebook blog.heritage.org/2012/11/16/lawsuit-alleges-corruption-and-negligence-at-department-of-energy/ againstcronycapitalism.org/2013/09/obama-donor-gained-nearly-1-billion-in-tax-credits-in-solyndra-bankruptcy/ blog.heritage.org/2012/11/16/two-more-stimulus-backed-solar-companies-announce-layoffs/ usatoday/story/money/cars/2012/11/16/a123-taxpayer-government-electric-car-battery/1710637/ watchdog.org/62420/co-secret-energy-lab-spawns-million-dollar-govt-employee/ woodtv/dpp/news/target_8/Volt-no-jolt-LG-Chem-employees-idle gopusa/commentary/2013/02/25/jensen-green-energy-company-paid-workers-in-pesos/?subscriber=1 nationalreview/corner/291910/solyndra-leaving-mess-toxic-assets-california-charles-c-w-cooke foxnews/politics/2013/03/23/chinese-firms-reportedly-back-away-from-us-taxpayer-backed-fisker/ breitbart/Big-Peace/2013/03/26/Chinese-Solar-Panel-Giant-Declares-Bankruptcy breitbart/Big-Government/2013/04/02/Obama-Loan-Recipient-Fisker-Preps-for-Bankruptcy reuters/article/2013/03/28/us-autos-fisker-bankruptcy-idUSBRE92R0T920130328 latimes/business/autos/la-fi-hy-fisker-layoffs-20130405,0,6997582,full.story bloomberg/news/2013-05-01/electric-car-maker-coda-files-for-bankruptcy-to-seek-sale-1-.html washingtonexaminer/pentagon-pays-59-a-gallon-for-green-jet-fuel/article/2528692 againstcronycapitalism.org/2013/05/tesla-motors-big-shot-elon-musk-taking-taxpayers-for-a-ride-with-3-different-govt-sponsored-companies/ Tesla: calwatchdog/2013/05/26/tesla-just-a-tax-funded-government-project/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook solarreviews/blog/US-EU-China-Solar-PV-Trade-Disputes-5-21-13 blog.independent.org/2012/03/05/reasons-to-rethink-electric-cars/ dailycaller/2012/10/30/as-many-as-fifty-obama-backed-green-energy-companies-bankrupt-or-troubled/ bloomberg/news/2013-06-17/siemens-will-shut-solar-unit-as-it-loses-1-billion-in-two-years.html humanevents/2013/04/24/your-green-energy-bankruptcy-of-the-day-solopower-of-oregon/ conservativefiringline/if-you-werent-outraged-by-gm-bailout-you-will-be-now/ epaabuse/11430/editorials/bad-news-for-wind-energy/ dailycaller/2013/11/07/this-wind-turbine-will-pay-for-itself-in-452-years-generates-8-a-month/ blog.heartland.org/2013/10/us-citizens-pay-for-solar-school-foolishness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-citizens-pay-for-solar-school-foolishness nation.foxnews/2013/10/24/zero-no-bids-placed-colorado-solar-plant-auction foxnews/us/2013/10/30/bankrupt-solar-panel-firm-took-stimulus-money-left-toxic-mess-says-report/ thelocal.es/20131112/spains-solar-police-to-kick-in-your-door blog.hemmings/index.php/2013/11/14/is-the-tide-turning-against-ethanol-blended-fuels/
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