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Monocrystalline and Multicrystalline Wafer Utilization Rates Set to Increase, as Multi-Modules Gain Market-Share Santa Clara, Calif. (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 After falling 15% in 2012, solar photovoltaic wafer production is forecast to grow 19% in 2013, passing 30 GW and recovering to the 2011 level, according to the latest NPD Solarbuzz Polysilicon and Wafer Supply Chain Quarterly. However, industry utilization is expected to remain below 60%, and while prices have stopped falling, no...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Solar cells are nothing new, but what may be coming is a technology to make a less expensive version of them. Silicon is used in both computer chips and solar cells, and both require a surface coating before use. This coating requires a lot of heat and energy to run in a passivation process, making it a costly step. A group of MIT researchers wrote in the journal Advanced Materials they have found a way to passivate silicon at...
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) today announced new commitments from Citi (NYSE: C) and Credit Suisse (NYSE: CS) that will provide financing to support approximately $325 million of residential solar lease projects. SunPower will use the funds to supplement its successful SunPower® Lease program to U.S. residential customers, expanding the financing options available to homeowners interested in high-efficiency SunPower solar power...
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This summer, SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) is introducing its SunPower Solar Science Academy to more than 140 students from six K-12 school districts in California and Arizona. Each week-long program features solar-focused curriculum with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), blending lectures and field trips with problem-solving discussions and practical applications of knowledge. (Photo:...
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) will announce its second-quarter financial results on a conference call Wednesday, August 8 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time. The call-in number is 517-623-4618, passcode SunPower. The call will be webcast and can be accessed from SunPower's website at http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/events.cfm. The earnings press release and supplemental financial information will be made available on the SunPower website...
SAN FRANCISCO, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Luminalt Energy Corporation's CEO Jeanine Cotter is featured in the July issue of Money magazine. The article describes Cotter's transition from corporate lawyer at Silicon Valley-based Intuit to starting her own solar installation company in 2004. Cotter says, "Just looking at the rising cost of energy and the concern over global warming, I saw an opportunity." Money photographed Cotter at the Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center for...
NAPOLEON, Ohio, June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB), BNB Renewable Energy Holdings, Enfinity America Corporation, FirstEnergy Solutions and SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) will today celebrate the completion of a 9.8-megawatt (MW) solar power system at Campbell's manufacturing facility in Napoleon, Ohio. More than 200 jobs were created during construction of the system, which is now generating the equivalent of 15 percent of the facility's annual electricity...
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, announced today that energy veteran Lisa Bodensteiner has been named SunPower's executive vice president and general counsel. She will lead the company's global legal organization effective June 25. Bodensteiner comes to SunPower from First Solar where she served as general counsel, project...
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) today announced the completion of a 1.8-megawatt solar power system for Bloomberg in New Jersey. The eight-acre, ground-mounted solar tracking system is generating the equivalent of 58 percent of electricity demand at the 100,000-square-foot main building at Bloomberg's Skillman, N.J. campus. It is the first completed renewable energy project at a Bloomberg facility. "Renewable energy development is a core...
June 15 Event Provides Day of Latest Insight on Solar Industry ATLANTA, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association will kick off an exciting day of presentations and panel discussions on solar energy development in Georgia, the Southeast and the nation on June 15, 2012, at the GTRI Conference Center, 250 14th Street, Atlanta. The Georgia Solar Energy Association hosts this annual summit. In addition to...
