FREMONT (CBS 5) After filing for bankruptcy last year, Fremont
solar company Solyndra still owes American taxpayers half a billion
dollars. But CBS 5 caught them destroying millions of dollars worth of
parts.
At Solyndras sprawling complex in Fremont, workers in white
jumpsuits were unwrapping brand new glass tubes used in solar panels
last week. They are the latest, most cutting-edge solar technology, and
they are being thrown into dumpsters.
Forklifts brought one pallet after another piled high with the
carefully packaged glass. Slowly but surely it all ended up shattered.
