8) Solyndra -$1.6 billion
Another important technology is clean air technologies, which are a huge industry in the field of science, especially with the problems regarding the global warming.
Solyndra has been a particularly interesting and hugely expensive startup that deals with making more efficient solar panels– worth $1.6 billion of research.
Because the round shape of the product supposedly is doing a more efficient job of capturing and using sunlight.
In 2009 the company that produced Solyndra borrowed money from the government but it turned out to be a failed investment.
Why? They couldn’t keep up with the competitors and their new refreshing ideas.
