SOLAR TODAY: Solyndra and the Shakeout

SOLAR TODAY: Solyndra and the Shakeout: "Solyndra and the "Shakeout"
The solar industry bankruptcies in context.


By Mike Koshmrl and Seth Masia
Published: Sept. 29, 2011

Editor's note: The original version of this story incorrectly stated that the price of polysilicon reached $1,000 a pound four years ago. In fact, polysilicon spot pricing peaked at about $250 in June 2008. We apologize for our error.

During August, three homegrown photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturers failed and two European manufacturers decommissioned their U.S. production lines. All told, the United States lost 20 percent of its panel manufacturing capacity."

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