SunEdison
Sign in to saveAlso known as MEMC Electronic Materials, SunEdison LLC, Monsanto Electronic Materials Company, MEMC
SunEdison, Inc. (formerly MEMC Electronic Materials) was a renewable energy company headquartered in the U.S. In addition to developing, building, owning, and operating solar power plants and wind energy plants, it also manufactures high-purity polysilicon, monocrystalline silicon ingots, silicon wafers, solar modules, solar energy systems, and solar module racking systems. Originally a silicon-wafer manufacturer established in 1959 as the Monsanto Electronic Materials Company, the company was sold by Monsanto in 1989.
Company
- Industry
- Semiconductors & Related Devices
- State of incorporation
- DE
- Entity type
- operating
via SEC EDGAR
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1959
- Location
- Belmont, United States
- Also known as
- MEMC Electronic Materials
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.474699.1
Wikidata facts
- Employees
- 7300
- Official website
- www.sunedison.com
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- inception
- 1959-00-00
- Commons category
- SunEdison
- social media followers
- 13310
Sources (2)
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~17 min read
Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Foundation
- Expansion
- Change of ownership
- Solar market entry
- Acquisition of SunEdison
- Name changes and Acquisitions 2013–15
- Bankruptcy
- SunEdison companies
- References
- External links
SunEdison, Inc. (formerly MEMC Electronic Materials) was a renewable energy company headquartered in the U.S. In addition to developing, building, owning, and operating solar power plants and wind energy plants, it also manufactures high-purity polysilicon, monocrystalline silicon ingots, silicon wafers, solar modules, solar energy systems, and solar module racking systems. Originally a silicon-wafer manufacturer established in 1959 as the Monsanto Electronic Materials Company, the company was sold by Monsanto in 1989.
It is one of the leading solar power companies worldwide, and with its acquisition of wind energy company First Wind in 2014, SunEdison became the leading renewable energy development company in the world. In 2015, SunEdison sold off its subsidiary SunEdison Semiconductor, marking the completion of SunEdison's transition from a semiconductor-wafer company to a dedicated renewable-energy corporation.