Nanosolar, the hot shot thin film solar startup out of Palo Alto California, announced that it’s first three production grade solar panels will be archived and preserved between the San Jose Tech Museum, a display in their own company headquarters, and a charity auction on Ebay. Things went a bit off course recently however when Ebay shut down the solar panel charity auction because it violated their terms of use.
There haven’t been any announcements since the auction was shut down as to what will be done with the coveted third panel. Maybe Nanosolar will donate it to Google so it can be displayed at the Googleplex just a few miles down the road. Larry and Sergey were the first two private investors in Nanosolar and have helped the company remain private. This is a very interesting situation considering that Google recently announced that they will be exploring solar energy
production as a part of their own commercial offerings. Maybe there’s a merger or acquisition in store for these two companies?
