Overview: Solyndra LLC was a Fremont, Calif.-based firm that made solar panels. It shut its doors Aug. 31 and filed bankruptcy Sept. 6. Before it ran into problems and laid off its 1,100 workers, Solyndra was widely touted as a model for government investment in green technology.

The company received a $535 million loan guarantee that was part of the $862 billion economic stimulus package that Congress passed in 2009.

The Tulsa-based George Kaiser Family Foundation holds a 39 percent stake in Solyndra's parent, 360 Solar Degree Holdings Inc., via the foundation's investment arm, Argonaut Ventures. A spokesman for the Kaiser foundation said Solyndra was a victim of challenges in the marketplace, especially the sharp decline in solar panel prices during the past two years caused in part by subsidies provided by the government of China to Chinese solar panel manufacturers.
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Sullivan: Kaiser not focus of probe Sullivan: Kaiser not focus of probe   11/17/2011

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Emails show Solyndra was discussed in Kaiser meeting at White House Emails show Solyndra was discussed in Kaiser meeting at White House   11/11/2011

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