Meant to include the press release too:
http://www.solyndra.com/News/Press-Release-01
This is a company that is only three years old and is ramping-up manufacturing
to produce thin film PV *tubes* -- of a composition not unlike the better known
Nanosolar.
I believe it is yet another spin-off of Cypress Semiconductor, which insiders
claim is in "stealth mode" but is by far the dominant player in solar energy,
despite not seeking much PR. Apparently something like 80% of all solar panels
being shipped worldwide (as opposed to being talked about) are made by one of
the many subsidiaries of Cypress (which was itself a spinoff of AMD founded by
the genius but controversial inventor JT Rogers ('Nun of the Above' <g> i.e.
the champion of the "meritocracy")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._J._Rodgers
Solyndra already has more than $1.2
billion of contracts with customers in Europe and the USA and is shipping now!
Contrast that with the Nanosolar hype. Are they even shipping yet? Company says
yes, customers say no.
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