昨年から今年にかけては、太陽光発電(PV)関連のスタートアップ会社の「大幅整理」時期であった。
まあ、たいして面白くは無いが、資料的な意味でこちらを参考に一覧を。（Q.Cellsやシャープとかも入っているので、スタートアップ以外も入っています。）
2012年
- Bankrupt, closed
- Abound Solar (CdTe) bankrupt
- AQT (CIGS) closed
- Ampulse (thin silicon) closed
- Arise Technology (PV modules) bankrupt
- Azuray (microinverters) closed
- BP (c-Si panels) exits solar business
- Centrotherm (PV manufacturing equipment) bankrupt
- CSG (c-Si on glass) closed by Suntech
- Day4 Energy (cell interconnects) delisted from TSX exchange
- ECD (a-Si) bankrupt
- Energy Innovations (CPV) bankrupt
- Flexcell (a-Si roll-roll BIPV) closed
- GlobalWatt (solar) closed
- GreenVolts (CPV) closed
- Global Solar Energy (CIGS) closed
- G24i (DSCs) bankrupt in 2012
- Hoku (polysilicon) shut down its Idaho polysilicon production facility
- Inventux (a-Si) bankrupt
- Konarka (OSCs) bankrupt
- Odersun (CIGS) bankrupt
- Pramac (a-Si panels built with equipment from Oerlikon) insolvent
- Pairan (Germany inverters) insolvent
- Ralos (developer) bankrupt
- REC Wafer (c-Si) bankrupt
- Satcon (BoS) bankrupt
- Schott (c-Si) exits c-Si business
- Schuco (a-Si) shutting down its a-Si business
- Sencera (a-Si) close
- Siliken (c-Si modules) closed
- Skyline Solar (LCPV) closed
- Siemens (CSP, inverters, BOS) divestment from solar
- Solar Millennium (developer) insolvent
- Solarhybrid (developer) insolvent
- Sovello (Q.cells, Evergreen, REC JV) bankrupt
- SolarDay (c-Si modules) insolvent
- Solar Power Industries (PV modules) bankrupt
- Soltecture (CIGS BIPV) bankrupt
- Sun Concept (developer) bankrupt
- Acquisition, fire sale, restructuring
- Oelmaier (Germany inverters) insolvent, bought by agricultural supplier Lehner Agrar
- Q.Cells (c-Si) insolvent, acquired by South Korea's Hanwha
- Sharp (a-Si) backing away from a-Si, retiring 160 of its 320 megawatts in Japan
- Solibro (CIGS) Q-Cells unit acquired by China's Hanergy
- Solon (c-Si) acquired by UAE's Microsol
- Scheuten Solar (BIPV) bankrupt, then acquired by Aikosolar
- SolFocus (CPV) layoffs, restructuring for sale
- Sunways (c-Si, inverters) bought by LDK, restructuring to focus on BIPV and storage
2013年
- Bankrupt, closed
- Bosch (c-Si PV module) exits module business
- Concentrator Optics (CPV) bankrupt
- Suntech Wuxi (c-Si) bankrupt
- Acquisition, sale, restructuring
- Diehl (Germany inverters) inverter division sold to PE firm mutares AG
- ISET (CIGS) moving into "microsolar"
- MiaSolé (CIGS) acquired by China's Hanergy
- Nanosolar (CIGS) restructuring for sale
- NuvoSun (CIGS) acquired by Dow
- Twin Creeks (kerfless Si) acquired by GT Advanced Technology
- Wuerth Solar (installer) business turned over to BayWa
