Comments on: Wanxiang Says It Still Might Seek To Buy A123 Systems

By: jamespatterson

jamespatterson — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:38:17 +0000

Presently, car companies are working hard to expand their offerings of hybrid vehicles. Several technologies and green energy solutions are presently being developed to help improve the efficiency of hybrid vehicles. b&b London

By: Van

Van — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 23:42:35 +0000

I see I included a few on the list that have not gone bankrupt, just the ones with an “*” are the ones who went belly up. I made an effort to delete those that so far have been successful, but missed the mark several times.

By: Van

Van — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:06:33 +0000

Lets review the tax payer dollars granted to the Green Jobs folks who have now filed for bankruptcy.
Evergreen Solar ($25 million)*
SpectraWatt ($500,000)*
Solyndra ($535 million)*
Beacon Power ($43 million)*
Nevada Geothermal ($98.5 million)
SunPower ($1.2 Billion)
First Solar ($1.46 Billion)
Babcock and Brown ($178 million)
EnerDel’s subsidiary Ener1 ($118.5 million)*
Amonix ($5.9 million)
Fisker Automotive ($529 million)
Abound Solar ($400 million)*
A123 Systems ($279 million)*
Willard and Kelsey Solar Group ($6 million)*
Raser Technologies ($33 million)*
Energy Conversion Devices ($13.3 million)*
Mountain Plaza, Inc. ($2 million)*
Olsen’s Crop Service's/ Mills Acquisition Company ($10 million)*
Range Fuels ($80 million)*
Thompson River Power ($6.5 million)*
Stirling Energy Systems ($7 million)*
Azure Dynamics ($5.4 million)*
Nordic Windpower ($16 million)*
Satcon ($3 million)*
Konarka Technologies Inc. ($20 million)*

Recently we read where A123 guys gave donations to Democrats.
And btw, Johnson Controls received about 299 million in taxpayer grants.