Chris Gronet, CEO and founder of Solyndra, said: “We are excited to announce this agreement with alwitra, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of innovative roofing systems. With alwitra’s global presence and their award-winning line of highly reflective Evalon roofing membranes, this agreement builds on the benefits of Solyndra PV installations on reflective commercial rooftops and will expand our footprint in the important roofing channel.”

Solyndra’s cylindrical and thin film PV systems are designed to generate more electricity on an annual basis from low-slope commercial rooftops, while providing lower installation costs than conventional flat panel PV technologies. When installed together with a reflective roofing membrane, electricity produced by Solyndra’s PV systems is optimized and total installation cost is reduced, the companies said.

Stefan Rehlinger, managing director of alwitra, said: “Our customers always demand the best, and therefore the optimal solution is the combination of Solyndra’s innovative PV system with our tried-and-tested, highly reflective white Evalon roofing membrane. The Solyndra system is the best we’ve found in terms of non-penetrating wind performance, energy production per roof, rooftop loading, and installation cost and builds on our 10 years of success in solar with our building-integrated Evalon Solar system.”