More Obama Green Energy Sucess stories

http://www.boston.com/businessupdates/2012/10/16/systems-expects-default-some-debt/D9Pxwswc8nuG9dqhKFkLwM/story.html

That Green economy is going gang busters….

Waltham lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection in a Delaware federal court Tuesday, saying it was calling off a major deal with a Chinese auto parts conglomerate that was expected to save the firm, and announcing it would sell its auto-related assets to another US battery maker.

It’s a stunning fall for an alternative energy company once viewed by the administrations of President Barack Obama and Governor Deval Patrick as a key component of a clean-energy driven economy. The US Department of Energy pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into A123, including a nearly $250 million grant to build an automotive battery plants in Michigan.

Obama administration officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

“AOne sold the majority of its products at a gross loss, meaning it cost AOne more to make the product than it could sell it for,” said Andrea James, a senior research analyst who followed the A123 for Dougherty & Co. LLC in Minneapolis.. “It does no good to be an industry leader in a money losing business.