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German renewable energy company
Solar Millennium was a German company globally active in the renewable energy sector founded in 1998 in Erlangen, Germany, which is specialized in the designing and implementation of solar thermal power plants. The main activities are site selection, project development, planning, design and construction of parabolic trough power plants. The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) is investigating allegations of insider trading in the company's shares at Solar Millennium.2 It ceased to exist in 2011.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Solar Millennium was a German company globally active in the renewable energy sector founded in 1998 in Erlangen, Germany, which is specialized in the designing and implementation of solar thermal power plants. The main activities are site selection, project development, planning, design and construction of parabolic trough power plants.2
The company was founded in October 1998 as 'Solar Century Management GmbH' by businessmen Hannes Kuhn. This company was renamed in March 1999, as 'Solar Millennium GmbH'. The corporation was created by transformation in June 1999. The IPO took place in July 2005.
On 21 December 2011, Solar Millennium filed for insolvency.
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