The story
Solon was founded on 27 November 1996 by Saleh El-Khatib, Birgit Flore, Johannes Grosse Boymann, Paul Grunow, Stefan Krauter, Alexander Voigt, Wuseltronik GbR (Reiner Lemoine, Stefan Fütterer, Peter Fischer, Martin Sauter, Jürgen Hiller). It went public in 1998 as the first solar energy company in Germany. It was listed in the TecDAX between 20 March 2006 and 21 September 2009 and since 2007 it was an ÖkoDAX constituent. On 2 December 2008, the Solon Aktiengesellschaft (AG) became a Societas Europaea (SE).
On 1 September 2006, the Erlasee Solar Park was dedicated, with 12 MW the currently largest tracking photovoltaic solar park. It was constructed by Solon.
On 13 December 2011, Solon filed for bankruptcy.
In 2011 the leftovers were overtaken in 2012 by the Indian Microsol and in 2014 the company was moved to UAE.
From Wikipedia’s article on Solon SE, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4