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The World's Largest Renewable Energy Developer Could Go Broke (huffingtonpost.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Huffington Post: There is a "substantial risk" that SunEdison may file for bankruptcy, the world's largest renewable energy developer said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. The company's fall isn't a referendum on the solar industry as a whole, as much as it is on SunEdison's aggressive growth strategy fueled by excessive debt and financial engineering, analysts say. SunEdison "just thought they were smarter than everyone else," said David Levine, the founder and CEO of Geostellar, a solar energy marketplace that has done deals with the company.
SunEdison loaded up a total of $11 billion in debt to develop or acquire renewable energy projects. The company's shares have fallen steeply since they hit a high of $30 in July. They were at just $1.26 before the filing. The stock immediately dropped another 40 percent when the market opened after the filing, and the company was trading at just $0.59 by Tuesday lunchtime.
SunEdison loaded up a total of $11 billion in debt to develop or acquire renewable energy projects. The company's shares have fallen steeply since they hit a high of $30 in July. They were at just $1.26 before the filing. The stock immediately dropped another 40 percent when the market opened after the filing, and the company was trading at just $0.59 by Tuesday lunchtime.
Curiously, this story was not posted by mdsolar.
Your source is Huffingtonpost.com
So it can't be true.
(Just doing what the people that hate foxnews do ALL THE TIME.)
Effin idiots.
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Solar array in space? How stupid! Don't they realize how long the extension cord down to the grid will be?
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Do you generate enough electricity to run your power washer?
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!