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Oil giant to buy $1.4B stake in SunPower
French energy company Total has offered to pay up to $1.37 billion for a majority stake in U.S. solar company SunPower, one of the biggest moves ever by an oil and gas giant into the market for renewable energy. Solar power has been one of the fastest growing energy industries in recent years, but still … Continue reading
SunPower Sets Solar Cell Efficiency Record at 24.2%
Published: 2010-06-24 California, United States –SunPower Corp. has produced a full-scale solar cell with a sunlight to electricity conversion efficiency of 24.2 percent at its manufacturing plant in the Philippines. This is a new world record for large area silicon wafers, and has been confirmed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab … Continue reading
Dow Jones & SunPower To Build 4-MW PV System
Published: 2010-06-22 New Jersey, United States –Dow Jones & Company has selected SunPower to install a solar power system with 4.1 megawatts (MW) of capacity at Dow Jones’ corporate offices in central New Jersey. The system will include 3.6 MW of elevated solar panels above parking areas and a 522-kilowatt rooftop installation. The system is … Continue reading
SunPower Completes €44.5M Financing
4.5 million, has been finalized for the second phase of the Montalto di Castro solar photovoltaic (PV) power park, the largest in Italy. With the first 24 megawatts (MW) of the park completed ahead of schedule at the end of 2009, this second phase includes an additional 8.8 MW that began construction in February and … Continue reading