Freedom Forever Files Bankruptcy as Solar Industry Woes Deepen

Freedom Forever, a once thriving residential solar installer, joins a growing list of bankruptcies as distress in the US clean energy sector deepens under an unfriendly Trump administration and hopes for buyouts fade.

The company, led by ex-stock broker Brett Bouchy, filed for bankruptcy in Delaware on Wednesday, court documents showed. It listed assets of $100 million to $500 million and estimated debts at $500 million to $1 billion.

Freedom Forever, once a top US residential solar installer, operates in 32 states. Company executives told Bloomberg News at an industry conference in September that the firm expected to ...