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SunEdison

Solar / Clean EnergyUSAClosed 2016

Total Raised

Undisclosed

Peak Valuation

$10B

Employees

Year Collapsed

2016

Business model

Solar energy project development, financing, and installation, at one point the world's largest renewable energy development company.

In brief

Grew into the world's largest renewable energy development company through an extremely aggressive acquisition and project-financing strategy, taking on massive debt to fund rapid expansion into new markets and technologies. The debt load became unsustainable once financing condi…

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Key facts

Founded
2006
Closed
2016
Headquarters
Belmont, USA
Industry
Solar / Clean Energy
Employees
Revenue
Undisclosed

Related failures

Often compared with: NextEra Energy, First Solar.