I started a list of specifically solar company debacles, particularly those receiving some type of government subsidy.
This is the list after 1 hour of research on FR:
Federal Subsidies to Solar Up 626%, Subsidies to Wind Up 946% between FY 2007 and 2010
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2765392/posts
Report: Stimulus-backed solar company lays off 70 percent of workforce (Abound Solar)
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/02/29/report-stimulus-backed-solar-company-lays-off-70-percent-of-workforce/
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2853137/posts
More Green Energy Layoffs: CO Solar Firm Cuts Workforce in Half
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2852796/posts
Energy Conversion Devices files Chptr 11
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2846528/posts
More Solyndra glass being scrapped for a loss
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2846470/posts
The $1 billion Genesis Solar Energy Project near Blythe in the desert east of Los Angeles was on track to start producing power for some 187,500 homes starting in 2014.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2845649/posts
Sanyo to close solar factory in California (subsidies have run out)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2842494/posts
Solar-Panel Company Lays Off 40 Employees
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2833998/posts
Solon files for bankruptcy in Germany
http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/solar-333211-energy-company.html
BP shutting solar unit as industry struggles
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bp-shutting-solar-unit-as-industry-struggles-2011-12-21?siteid=rss
Solar Company Scraps Factory, Leaves Michigan in Dark (GlobalWatt)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2828179/posts
Robert Kennedy, Jr.’s ‘Green’ Company Scored $1.4 Billion Taxpayer Bailout (BrightSource)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2808401/posts
Another Solar Company Files Bankruptcy Beacon Power follows Solyndra in bankruptcy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2801148/posts
Solar Firm That Received $1.2 Billion Federal Loan Plagued by Financial Problems (SunPower Corp.)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2791923/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2791468/posts
Solar firms reportedly trying to sell in-house equipment
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2791526/posts
SpectraWatt, Inc., Evergreen Solar, Mountain Plaza, Inc., Olsen’s Mill, Solar Millennium, Nevada’s SolarReserve Project,
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2791146/posts
Evergreen Solar plants in Mass. and Mich. to be auctioned
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2790951/posts
Crescent Dunes - Energy Department approves $737 million solar loan guarantee
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2784962/posts
Solar company that got federal loan shuts down (Solyndra)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2771796/posts
Intel’s solar spinoff files for bankruptcy (SpectraWatt)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2768357/posts
Solar Energy Panels Not So Hot (Solon Corp)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2765344/posts
Evergreen Solar files for bankruptcy, plans asset sale
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2763987/posts
First Solar nabs $4.5 billion in DOE loan guarantees
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2742723/posts
First Solar, Inc. laid off half its employees on Friday at its Antelope Valley Solar Ranch One project
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2828654/posts
California solar project wins $2.1B in federal loans (Solar Trust of America) - waiting for this one to fail
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2707146/posts
Solar Millennium AG, the majority owner of the equity of Solar Trust of America, announced the initiation of insolvency proceedings in Germany.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/solar-trust-america-statement-insolvency-120000515.html
Ping!
Ah, but comrades, do not worry. Our first five year plan has failed, but we will produce another one this year. If it to fails, then we will devise another next year. Just like the USSR did so successfully.
In business for three years, spent $70 Million in the last year and a half, and they need to retool to be competitive? Yeah, that sounds reasonable O.o