Solyndra PR

[russ]

I was just reading about Solyndra on Greentech Media http://www.greentechmedia.com/articl...ject-in-socal/

Anyone have any idea about this type of panels? The guy making the presentation/interview had little to say according to the article - marketing & business development guy!

I always worry when too few details about small things like efficiency aren't mentioned.

[Jason]

Hey Russ,

A while back I read a blog post from the nanosolar website that talked about these type of panels.

Here are the disadvantages compared to a flat solar panel:

- Have lower power density per area
- Have no higher energy performance
- Perform worse under low light conditions
- Have the same wind uplift per sun facing product area
- Have five to six times higher wind drag
- Are 50% heavier than a weight-optimized flat thin-film panel
- Are installable in only approximately 3% commercial rooftops vs. standard panels
- Have no less installation labor time or cost
- Make a 20-25-year guarantee of the optical properties of the roof an integral part of the PV system for the first time in the industry, and are thus not bankable as a stand-alone product
- Do not extend the lifetime of the roof like a standard panel does
- Utilize semiconductor material less efficiently
- Have higher manufacturing and packaging cost than standard panels

source: http://www.nanosolar.com/blog3/?p=222#more-222