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SunPower Corporation
Company typePublic (Nasdaq: SPWRA,SPWRB)
IndustrySolar Energy
Founded1985
FounderDr. Richard Swanson
Headquarters
San Jose, California
,
U.S.
Key people
Thomas H. Werner (CEO)
Dr. Richard Swanson (President)
Emmanuel T. Hernandez (CFO)
ProductsSolar panels
RevenueIncrease US$774,790,000 (2007)
Decrease US$2,342,000 (2007)
Decrease US$9,202,000 (2007)
Total assetsIncrease US$1,653,738,000 (2007)
Total equityIncrease US$864,090,000 (2007)
Number of employees
2,219 (2007)
Websitesunpowercorp.com
Footnotes / references
Financials from SunPower Corporation [1]

SunPower Corporation designs and manufactures high-efficiency silicon solar cells, roof tiles and solar panels based on an all-back-contact solar cell invented at Stanford University. SunPower currently holds the world record for practical scale silicon solar cell efficiency, with an efficiency of 23.4% in May 2008[2] SunPower is publicly traded on the NASDAQ as SPWRA and SPWRB.

SunPower is vertically integrated, meaning that it makes both its solar cells and the panels on which they are mounted, and designs and installs systems for customers [3].

Installations

SunPower has recently announced a number of projects around the world that utilize its patented solar tracker technology. The company maintains a market-leading position in Spain with more than 61 megawatts installed or under construction; recently completed a 2.2-megawatt solar power plant in Mungyeong, Korea; and the largest solar installation in the U.S., the 15-megawatt Nellis Solar Power Plant in Nevada.[4][5]

On October 6, 2008, Agilent Technologies Inc. and SunPower Corporation announced that a 1-megawatt solar tracking system at Agilent's campus will start producing electricity in mid-October. The system features a three-acre parking lot canopy structure with nearly 3,500 SunPower solar panels that track the sun throughout the day. The design of SunPower's tracking solar system will generate up to 25 percent more energy for Agilent than a similarly sized flat, rooftop system, the company said. As a result, Agilent's solar parking canopy is the largest solar energy generator in Sonoma County, California.

SunPower provided the solar cells for the NASA/AeroVironment Pathfinder-Plus high-altitude UAV, which then set an altitude record of Template:Ft to m for solar-powered and propeller-driven aircraft.[6][7]

See also

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References

  1. ^ SunPower Corporation SunPower Corporation
  2. ^ SunPower Announces $330 Million Global Solar Supply Agreement With PowerLight
  3. ^ http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/03/news/companies/sunpower_solar.fortune/
  4. ^ Next Generation SunPower Tracker Introduced
  5. ^ Nellis activates Nations largest PV Array
  6. ^ NAA record database
  7. ^ NASA Pathfinder fact sheet, archived at archive.org
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