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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