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CleanTechnica » Sunpower http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Solar Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels… Again (+ Other Solar News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/28/solar-cheaper-fossil-fuels-solar-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/28/solar-cheaper-fossil-fuels-solar-news/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2014 13:33:37 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76869 Here’s more solar fun for some lazy Sunday (or Monday after Christmas) reading. Enjoy! Solar $$ Solar Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels For New Chilean Projects? UK Solar Installations Still Offer Excellent ROI Peer-to-Peer Financing For Residential Solar Rolled Out In Arizona Living the EV/PV Dream: How I Chose to Pair My Solar System With an Electric

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/28/solar-cheaper-fossil-fuels-solar-news/feed/ 0 SunPower’s Solar Panel Manufacturing Capacity To Triple In 5 Years http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/02/sunpowers-solar-panel-manufacturing-capacity-triple-5-years/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/02/sunpowers-solar-panel-manufacturing-capacity-triple-5-years/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2014 12:45:06 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75779 Originally published on Solar Love. One of the world’s largest solar cell and solar panel manufacturers, SunPower*, is looking primed to take advantage of continued, massive solar power growth. Recently, SunPower President and CEO Tom Werner noted that he expects the solar industry to be a $5 trillion industry within 20 years. I wouldn’t bet against

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/02/sunpowers-solar-panel-manufacturing-capacity-triple-5-years/feed/ 11 Win A Solar Panel Installation For Your Home! http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/01/home-solar-panel-installation-sweepstakes/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/01/home-solar-panel-installation-sweepstakes/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2014 10:30:42 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75689 Ah, how I hope one of our wonderful CleanTechnica readers wins this one! SunPower*, one of the world’s top solar companies (and one of my absolute favorites), is running a sweepstakes in which a lucky homeowner in California, New York, Hawaii, Arizona, or Colorado can win a home solar panel installation worth $16,000. There’s not much

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/01/home-solar-panel-installation-sweepstakes/feed/ 5 Ford’s Super-Sneaky Discount Solar Stealth Attack On Gasmobiles http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/27/fords-super-sneaky-discount-solar-stealth-attack-gasmobiles/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/27/fords-super-sneaky-discount-solar-stealth-attack-gasmobiles/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2014 12:50:29 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75511 Ford and SunPower have teamed up with Sierra Club on a discount solar offer that will support the organization's EV and solar advocacy efforts

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/27/fords-super-sneaky-discount-solar-stealth-attack-gasmobiles/feed/ 14 SunPower: Solar Energy To Be $5 Trillion Industry Within 20 Years http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/19/sunpower-solar-energy-us5-trillion-industry-within-20-years/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/19/sunpower-solar-energy-us5-trillion-industry-within-20-years/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2014 07:39:48 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75146 The leadership of one of the largest solar PV manufacturers in the world, SunPower, is banking on the rather blunt predication that the solar energy industry will become a $5 trillion dollar industry within only 20 years, according to recent statements. The company’s head, Tom Werner, made the prediction at the company’s recent day-long annual

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/19/sunpower-solar-energy-us5-trillion-industry-within-20-years/feed/ 10 Solar Industry Leaders on SVTC’s 2014 Solar Scorecard http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/11/industry-leaders-svtcs-2014-solar-scorecard/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/11/industry-leaders-svtcs-2014-solar-scorecard/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:00:03 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74720 Solar industry leaders share their thoughts on the current Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Solar Scorecard, which ranks transparency on toxins use

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/11/industry-leaders-svtcs-2014-solar-scorecard/feed/ 0 SolarBridge Acquired By SunPower http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/solarbridge-acquired-sunpower/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/solarbridge-acquired-sunpower/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:09:50 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74803 Originally published on Solar Love. SunPower has been a leading solar panel manufacturer for some time, so when it makes an acquisition there is always interest. SolarBridge, an Austin, Texas-based startup is its latest. The price was not revealed, but Solarbridge had taken in about $105 million from investors prior to the sale, if that figure

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/solarbridge-acquired-sunpower/feed/ 3 SunPower Announces New Joint Venture Agreement In China http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/sunpower-announces-new-joint-venture-agreement-china/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/sunpower-announces-new-joint-venture-agreement-china/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2014 06:30:02 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74731 SunPower Corporation has now secured its second joint venture agreement in China. The new agreement — with Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor Company; Sichuan Development Holding Company; Leshan Electric Power Company; and Tianjin Tsinlien Investment Holding Company — will see the development of at least 3 GW worth of solar photovoltaic power plants in China. These power plants

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/sunpower-announces-new-joint-venture-agreement-china/feed/ 2 SunPower Developing 160 MW Solar Panel Manufacturing Plant In Cape Town, South Africa http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/sunpower-developing-160-mw-solar-panel-manufacturing-plant-cape-town-south-africa/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/sunpower-developing-160-mw-solar-panel-manufacturing-plant-cape-town-south-africa/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2014 06:00:53 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74727 The solar energy giant SunPower Corporation will soon be developing a solar panel manufacturing plant in Cape Town, South Africa, according to recent reports. The manufacturing plant, once completed, will be used to supply the fast growing solar markets of the region. The plant will be manufacturing SunPower’s high-efficiency E20/440 solar panels — the expectation

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/sunpower-developing-160-mw-solar-panel-manufacturing-plant-cape-town-south-africa/feed/ 1 Solar Manufacturers Doing More Business In-House http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/06/solar-manufacturers-business-house/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/06/solar-manufacturers-business-house/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2014 12:19:49 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74571 More and more, the top solar PV module suppliers are expanding their numbers by shipping to subsidiary businesses tasked with PV systems deployment. This is especially the case for the top 20 solar PV suppliers in the industry, including Chinese heavyweights such as Trina Solar, Yingli Green Energy, Jinko Solar, and JA Solar. They join

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/06/solar-manufacturers-business-house/feed/ 1 7 Solar-Powered EV Charging Solutions I Love http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/03/7-solar-powered-ev-charging-solutions-love/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/03/7-solar-powered-ev-charging-solutions-love/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:00:06 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76125 If you haven’t noticed, I fancy solar power and electric cars quite a bit. (For some history, I founded SolarLove.org and ElectricLove.org… but then changed ElectricLove.org to EVObsession.com when the owner of another “Electric Love” wasn’t too fond of my entrance into the EV blog space.) So, what do I really fancy? Solar-powered electric cars,

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/03/7-solar-powered-ev-charging-solutions-love/feed/ 0 Q3 Earnings: SunPower Reaps Strong Third Quarter http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/30/q3-earnings-sunpower-reaps-strong-third-quarter/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/30/q3-earnings-sunpower-reaps-strong-third-quarter/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:10:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74228 SunPower Corp, the second largest US-based solar panel manufacturer, announced its third quarter earnings Wednesday, reporting strong growth over previous quarters, beating analyst estimates and amassing an 8 GW pipeline. The company reported a net income of $32 million, up from $14.1 million a quarter earlier but significantly down on its $108.4 million figure of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/30/q3-earnings-sunpower-reaps-strong-third-quarter/feed/ 0 Minister Obuchi Quits, + Japan Feed-In Tariff & Energy Update (In Depth) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/22/minister-obuchi-quits-japan-feed-tariff-energy-update-depth/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/22/minister-obuchi-quits-japan-feed-tariff-energy-update-depth/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2014 07:55:22 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73508 March 2011—when the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami devastated four reactors and endangered two others at Fukushima 1—forced a radical rethinking of Japan’s energy picture that continues today with a Japan feed-in tariff program. In the latest round, the utilities are pushing back against the feed-in tariffs and the fruitful development of solar power. To review,

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/22/minister-obuchi-quits-japan-feed-tariff-energy-update-depth/feed/ 9 SunPower + KB Home Partnership Results In “Double Net Zero Energy” Home http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/07/sunpower-kb-home-partnership-results-double-net-zero-energy-home/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/07/sunpower-kb-home-partnership-results-double-net-zero-energy-home/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2014 07:00:54 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73011 “Double zero energy” homes? What the hell are those? What does that mean? Well, I guess that we are soon going to find out, thanks to an ongoing partnership between the solar manufacturer & developer SunPower and the homebuilder KB Home, which will apparently now bring them to us. According to the information provided so far, these “double

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/07/sunpower-kb-home-partnership-results-double-net-zero-energy-home/feed/ 13 SunPower Has Produced 1 Billion Solar Cells http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/22/sunpower-produced-1-billion-solar-cells/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/22/sunpower-produced-1-billion-solar-cells/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2014 05:00:22 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72252 Solar Love. California-based solar cell manufacturer, solar module manufacturer, and solar power developer SunPower said recently that it had produced its one billionth solar cell. The company started making them 11 years ago. SunPower solar cells are high efficiency compared to other commercially available cells, currently achieving about 24.2% efficiency. When the company started making them in 2003, the

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/22/sunpower-produced-1-billion-solar-cells/feed/ 0 Time To Buy Tesla Stock?, SolarCity + Tesla = Disruption… (Solar & EV News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/21/time-buy-tesla-stock-solarcity-tesla-disruption-solar-ev-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/21/time-buy-tesla-stock-solarcity-tesla-disruption-solar-ev-news/#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2014 22:45:08 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72273 I’m in Germany for a week for a large cleantech tour of the country. As a result, I’m not sure if I’ll have time to do any more than the bare essentials, so I’m doing a quick news roundup right now and I’m also including a list of some top cleantech sites I think you

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/21/time-buy-tesla-stock-solarcity-tesla-disruption-solar-ev-news/feed/ 6 Verizon Set To Be Largest Solar Producing Communication Company http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/26/verizon-set-largest-solar-producing-communication-company/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/26/verizon-set-largest-solar-producing-communication-company/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2014 15:30:31 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71095 Verizon, one of America’s leading broadband and telecommunications companies, has announced that it intends to invest nearly $40 million into its on-site green energy program, which will see the company install 10.2 MW of new solar power systems across eight of the network facilities. “Our investment in on-site green energy is improving the quality of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/26/verizon-set-largest-solar-producing-communication-company/feed/ 2 Off-Grid Solar Naive, Says SunPower CEO; Net Metering Needs To Go, Says Warren Buffet’s Energy Co…. (Solar News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/25/off-grid-solar-naive-sunpower-warren-buffet-net-metering-solar-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/25/off-grid-solar-naive-sunpower-warren-buffet-net-metering-solar-news/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:31:56 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71047 Time for another solar news roundup. Enjoy! Drop other hot stories that we haven’t covered in the comments! SunPower’s CEO, Tom Werner, has voiced his opinion that off-grid solar is naive. Simply put: the grid is helpful and even needed. (Solar Love) California has hit a new solar output record. (Planetsave) Warren Buffet’s energy company,

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/25/off-grid-solar-naive-sunpower-warren-buffet-net-metering-solar-news/feed/ 37 SunPower To Experiment With Solar Leasing In Australia http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/20/httpreneweconomy-com-au2014sunpower-to-trial-solar-leasing-in-australia-55453/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/20/httpreneweconomy-com-au2014sunpower-to-trial-solar-leasing-in-australia-55453/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2014 09:57:33 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70846 RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath. Australian households looking to install rooftop solar could soon have a new no-money down financing option at their disposal, after the launch a pilot solar leasing program by SunPower in Melbourne this week. In the latest PV leasing offering to test the water in Australia, the Nasdaq-listed solar company will install

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/20/httpreneweconomy-com-au2014sunpower-to-trial-solar-leasing-in-australia-55453/feed/ 15 Solar Energy News: PACE Financing Grows, Yingli Innovates… http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/16/solar-energy-news-pace-financing-grows-yingli-innovates/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/16/solar-energy-news-pace-financing-grows-yingli-innovates/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:09:19 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70736 Here’s some more solar energy news from around the interwebs for you solar energy lovers. Enjoy! California is jumping back into PACE financing with the CaliforniaFIRST initiative. This is big. (Solar Love) Yingli Solar has done a bit of innovating in the realm of ingots. (Solar Love) Astrum Solar has bought Centrica for $54 million.

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