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History

2005 Founded by Dr. Christian Gronet
2006 Established headquarters in Fremont, California
2007 Began production in Fab 1
2008 Commenced commercial solar panel shipments
Opened office in Germany
2009 Largest single Solyndra installation in U.S. 529kW
Received $535 million DOE loan guarantee for construction of Fab 2
Groundbreaking for Fab 2 with Vice President Biden, Energy Secretary Chu, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Reached $100 million in annual revenues
2010 Shipped 65MW as of July, 16 million modules produced.
Largest Solyndra project in Europe, 3 megawatts in Belgium
Exceeded 1000 installations around the world
Visit of President Barack Obama, May

Brian Harrison joins as President and CEO
Largest U.S. installation 1MW, Frito Lay
Approximately $140 million in revenues
2011 Fab 2 in production, ramping to 300MW
3MW Belgium installation
Launched greenhouse product
Shipped 100th megawatt