"In a staid Bay Area office park, 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 has 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."
Solyndra is manufacturing a new type of thin-film solar cells: copper indium gallium diselenide, or CIGS. The solar tubes look like fluorescent light bulbs with the big difference that they generate electricity rather than use it.
Read all about it in the Wired Article
Check out the photos of the top secret factory!
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