Botanical Garden’s SOL Grotto reignites national Solyndra debate
What do you get when you combine a promising technological innovation, a devastating bankruptcy that set back an entire industry by years, and a political flash point during the heart of election season? Artwork, apparently – highly controversial artwork. From the ashes of Solyndra, a new art installation has risen at the UC Berkeley Botanical garden, built from the same glass tubes that once defined Solyndra’s unique approach to solar electricity generation. For a company that had always been regarded as symbolic, both in success and failure, it seems an oddly appropriate tribute on the one year anniversary of the company’s demise.
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