“…a converted hard-drive factory with a shiny new façade has begun churning out unconventional solar tubes that could change the economics of solar power.
The highly-automated factory belongs to Solyndra, a three-year-old company that’s received $600 million in venture capital and $1.2 billion in orders for its new modules, which look like curtain rods. Those big investors are betting the company’s unique product will soon blanket commercial buildings across the world.
… ”We think the solar industry or market look very similar to the way semiconductor manufacturing was 20 years ago,” Gronet, Solyndra’s CEO, told Wired.com. “We say, ‘Wow this is familiar. We’ve been through this before.’”
Wired Magazine looks at a solar industry on the tipping point of intense demand.
-Chris Carmody
Director, Sustainable Business Initiative
www.gogreenplus.org
Filed under: Planet | Tagged: CIGS solar cells, Lux Research solar-focused analysis firm, Solyndra
