Problem 4: What happened the following solar energy companies? In addition to th
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Problem 4: What happened the following solar energy companies? In addition to this list, find eight additional solar energy start up in the world, three from Turkey.( Two sentence summary for each company including establishment date, , their technology, whether it is currently active or not, what happened. )
Shell Solar, CA,
Global Solar Energy, AZ Energy Photovoltaics, NJ ISET, CA
ITN/ES, CO
NanoSolar Inc., CA
DayStar Technologies, NY/CA MiaSole, CA
HelioVolt, Tx
Solyndra, CA
SoloPower, CA
Wurth Solar, Germany SULFURCELL, Germany
CIS Solartechnik, Germany Solarion, Germany
Solibro, Sweden
CISEL, France
Showa Shell, Japan
Honda, Japan
Explanation / Answer
Shell Solar:
Shell Solar was formed when Royal Dutch Shell bought Siemens Solar company in 2002. This company is not active as it was purchased by SolarWind in 2006.
Global Solar Energy:
The company was founded in 1996 and it manufactures flexible Solar panels made from Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (CIGS). There is a manufacturing hub is Tucson, Arizona.
NanoSolar Inc
Headquartered in San Jose, California the comapny was founded in 2002 and manufactured the CIGS solar panels. The company became defunct in 2013 because of its "commercial failure"
DayStar Technologies
The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It also manufacured CIGS solar panels but the company was forced to liquidate due financial loses in 2007.
MiaSole
Miasole is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and was founded in 2001, manufactures CIGS solar cells. The company was purchased by a chinese firm "Hanergy" in 2013.
HelioVolt
Heliovolt is headquartered in Austin, Texas and was founded in 2001. The company manufactures CIGS solar cells. It suspended operations in 2014 and the property were auctioned.
Solyndra
Solyndra was headquartered in Freemont, California. The company was founded in 2005 and manufactured cylindrical CIGS solar panels. The company went bankrupt in 2011.
SoloPower
SoloPower is headquartered in San Jose, California and was founded in 2005. It manufactures thin film photo voltaic CIGS solar cells. The company is still active.
Wurth Solar
WurthSolar is a subsidary of the Wurth Group headquartered in Kunzelsau, Germany. The Wurth group was founded in 1945. It manufactures photo voltaic solar cells.
Sulfercell
Sulfercell is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 2001 and maufactures copper indium sulfide (CIS) solar cells. The company beacme defunct in 2012.
CIS Solartechnik
The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Bremen, Germany. It manufacures CIS solar cells and is a subsidary of Aurubis.
Germany Solarion
Germany Solarion is headquartered in Leipzig, Germany. The company was founded in 2000 and it manufactures CIGS solar cells.
Solibro
The company is headquartered in Thalheim, Germany and a research site in Uppsala, Sweden and was founded in 2006 and was bought by Hanergy in 2012. It manufactures CIGS solar cells.
Showa Shell
The company is headquartered is Tokyo, Japan and was founded in 2006. It manufctures CIGS solar cells. The company was renamed SOLAR FRONTIER in 2010.
Honda
Honda Soltec is headquartered in Toky, Japan and was founded in 2006. It manufactures CIGS solar cells. The company is defunct since 2014 because of competition.