Grundfos Pumps and SunPower Dedicate 1.1 Megawatt Solar Power System

Grundfos Pumps Corporation and SunPower Corporation dedicated a 1.1 megawatt solar power system at the Grundfos facility in Fresno. The system features a ground-mounted, high-efficiency SunPower sun tracking system on a 7.5-acre site. It is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions generated at the site by almost 2.4 million pounds annually, which... 

Castle & Cooke and SunPower Dedicate Hawai’i’s Largest Solar Power System

Castle & Cooke Hawai’i and SunPower Corporation, a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, are dedicating today the 1.2-megawatt La Ola Solar Farm on Lana’i in Hawai’i. La Ola, which is translated from Hawaiian as “sun that gives life,” is located on a 10-acre site in south Lana’i... 

SunPower to Build Largest Solar Power Tracking System in Australia

SunPower Corporation, a manufacturer of high-efficiency, solar cells, solar panels, and solar systems, today announced an agreement to build a 505-kilowatt solar power installation for Horizon Power, a government-owned company providing power to remote and regional communities and resource operations in Western Australia. The ground-mounted installation... 

SunPower and City Solar Sign 100-Megawatt, Three-Year Customer Agreement

SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced it has signed a customer contract with German solar power plant integrator City Solar Kraftwerke AG. Over the next three years, SunPower will provide City Solar with solar panels and commercial rooftop and ground... 

San Jose’s Tech Museum of Innovation Dedicates 185-kilowatt SunPower Solar System

SunPower Corporation, a San Jose-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, Helio Micro Utility and the San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation (The Tech), today joined with San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and other local officials to dedicate a 185-kilowatt solar-electric system that will be showcased at The Tech. This... 

SunPower and Ecoware Sign 130 Megawatt, Four-Year Customer Agreement

SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced it has signed a customer contract with Italian solar plant integrator Ecoware, S.p.A. Under the terms of the agreement, SunPower will provide Ecoware with at least 130 megawatts of its high-efficiency solar panels... 

SunPower Announces Impact of Recent Foreign Exchange Rate Volatility

SunPower Corporation announced that substantial strengthening of the U.S. dollar relative to the Euro during the fourth quarter is expected to reduce earnings growth in the current quarter and fiscal year 2009. SunPower has historically operated under a hedging policy to minimize its exposure to changes in the foreign exchange rate between the U.S.... 

Belmar Unveils One of the Largest Solar Parking Structures in the Western United States

Continuum Lakewood Development Company, in association with MMA Renewable Ventures, a subsidiary of Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC, Oak Leaf Energy Partners and SunPower Corporation , is dedicating today a 1.75-megawatt solar power system that has been constructed on three parking garages at the Belmar mixed-use development in Lakewood, Colo.... 

SunPower and GE Partner to Power-Up HP in San Diego

SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels, and solar systems, and GE announced today the completion of a 1.1-megawatt solar-electric power system on the roof of HP’s printing technology research and development facility in San Diego. The companies are jointly dedicating the system today... 

California Academy of Sciences Incorporates SunPower’s High-Efficiency Solar Cells into its Sustainable, Living Roof

SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced that its industry-leading solar cells have been incorporated into the unique architecture of the California Academy of Sciences (Academy) in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif., which is re-opening its new home...