Solyndra thin film companies based in the U.S. develop its solar collectors which in addition to generating electricity will also serve as shade for the greenhouse. Development of solar collectors function can make the use of agricultural land that also produces electricity.
Solar collectors which being tested at agriculture research centers, Italy and the University of California, Davis, are an array of solar cell-covered glass tubes that will allow light for greenhouse plants to pass through the glass tube, which is coated with a thin film solar cells. This is a breakthrough from conventional flat solar panels which can not be penetrated by light.
Company that has received $ 535,000,000 in loan guarantees from the Department of Energy and $ 1 billion in private capital declared intention to pioneer a new solar solution in Italian agriculture to face the high price competition from European and Chinese suppliers using the traditional materials of solar panels.
