Solar company Solyndra to close factory, cut jobs

Solar company Solyndra to close factory, cut jobs
It isn’t easy being green for Solyndra Inc., the controversial Bay Area solar power system manufacturing company. The company said Wednesday that it is shuttering one of its factories to save $ 60 million in capital expenditures, laying off 40 employees…
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AUO solar-powered touch keyboard connects your laptop with the sun
Call us crazy, but we’re sensing a trend. Just hours after Logitech came forward with its solar-powered desktop keyboard , in flies AUO with something similar for laptops. Demonstrated alongside its deadzone-free 3D panel at FPD International 2010, the 14-inch solar-powered touch keyboard laptop solution (it’s a working title, folks) is meant to be integrated into laptops in order to cut power …
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AUO presents 14-inch solar-powered touch keyboard notebook solution
LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) has introduced a 14-inch solar-powered touch keyboard solution for notebook. The thickness of the solar module used in the solution is reduced to 2.1mm. The solar module is built within the notebook’s cover and keyboard panel to absorb both sunlight and electric light, and lowered the use of electric power by 20%.
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