ttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204226204576601500630947750.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5 Solar-Gear Maker Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Protection By CASSANDRA SWEET SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
太陽光発電の機器メーカー、Stirling Energy Systemsが破産法チャプター7(清算型倒産処理手続)申請 WSJ、30日
Solar-power equipment manufacturer Stirling Energy Systems Inc. has filed for bankruptcy, adding to a wave of troubles
in the solar industry amid soft demand, falling prices and difficulty raising money.
Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Stirling Energy developed equipment that converts heat from the sun into electricity. Neither of
the plants were able to obtain government loan guarantees, although both were sited on public land in California and
obtained fast-track construction permits from the Obama administration.
太陽光発電の機器メーカー、Stirling Energy Systemsが破産法チャプター7(清算型倒産処理手続)申請、このところ続いている
太陽光発電産業の需要の弱さを顕にすることとなった。価格が低下して、収益の向上が望めない。このStirling Energy Systemsは
連邦政府の融資とかを受けていないがカリフォルニア州の公営地にあって、優遇的な建設許可を受けている。
Stirling filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection last Friday, after it failed to find a buyer for the company, according
to documents filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.
The filing is the latest in a string of U.S. solar company bankruptcies, as soft global demand for solar power, falling
prices and a glut of solar panels from Asia have hammered manufacturers.
Stirling Energy Systemsは企業の買取先を見つけることが出来ず、金曜日にチャプター7(清算型手続き)を申請した。この業界で
はアジアからの輸出が国内市場の価格低下をもたらしていて、グローバルな需要低迷と共に企業に打撃を与えている(後略)