Solyndra signs new $320 million dollar deal

It's all in the tubes

Solyndra has signed a contract worth up to $320 million with Carlisle Energy Services to supply 100 megawatts worth of panels over a 5-year period.

Solyndra produces tubular copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS) thin film that is rolled into tubes - 40 tubes per panel. Thanks to the curvature of the tubes, the panels are able to absorb more indirect light, converting 12 to 14 percent of that sunlight into electricity.

Coupled with Carlisle's white thermoplastic polyolefin roofing membrane, output could be increased by 20 percent.

It's tubular, dude!