Featured in Lean machines – 09-2011

Successful maverick

Solyndra: Their tube-shaped rooftop PV modules look very different from what the market is accustomed to. Besides efficiency gains, there are a multitude of benefits to their unique cylindrical design. After spending one billion dollars worth of venture capital in four years, Solyndra targets profitability by early 2012.

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Charles W. Thurston

31 Aug 2011

Solyndra LLC has burned through a hefty one billion dollars worth of venture capital over the past four years both to develop a unique cylinder-shaped CIGS-based photovoltaic system, and to mount a new panel factory that gleams with robotic clockwork. Now that it can nearly produce three megawatts of solar panels per week, the company …

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