Pixabay The story of yieldco 8point3 Energy Partners is coming to a conclusion. Born as the result of a tryst between two large solar companies that never really saw eye to eye and had other priorities, it experienced a promising but ultimately troubled youth, and is now wed to wed to a conservative, stable asset […]
SunPower isn’t just powering roofs and solar farms these days. The company, which touts its solar panels as the most durable and efficient on the market, is looking at other applications. I’d be hard pressed to find one as awesome as the upcoming Mission SolarStratos expedition which will be powered by its 22-24% efficient […]
“Building on over 30 years of experience and more than 9 gigawatts of solar generating clean energy worldwide, SunPower continues to raise the bar with record-setting solar technology,” said Gabi Bunea, SunPower vice president, research and development. “By engineering greater efficiency solar panels, we can fit more watts on the roof in the same amount of […]
It’s been just two months since SolarWorld agreed to sell its Hillsboro factory to a rival from Silicon Valley, but the solar landscape has already shifted considerably. Solar panel prices are falling again amid dramatic changes this week in the Chinese market. That puts more pressure on […] Click here to view original web page […]
There are a lot of cool things about working with the Property Brothers, and our boss Fernando learned first hand what kind of fun Jonathan can be when he helped to replace. He and cre leader Jeremy recently got to experience the glamour of being on film when they assisted Jonathan in changing out some […]
In SunPower Corp.’s first earnings call since announcing a deal to acquire SolarWorld Americas Inc. , analysts trying to figure out the effect of the transaction on shareholder value weren’t able to wring a purchase price out of executives. […] Click here to view original web page at www.bizjournals.com But they did get hints, in […]
SunPower agreed to acquire 100 percent of the Hillsboro, Oregon-based SolarWorld Americas. Consistent with the “desire to revitalize the U.S. high-technology manufacturing sector, SunPower plans to inject fresh capital into the SolarWorld Americas facility”. […] Click here to view original web page at evertiq.com That is the official line. But make no mistake, the acquisition […]
We don’t know what was said behind closed doors, but it has become clear that SunPower’s ( NASDAQ:SPWR ) announced acquisition of SolarWorld Americas earlier this week was driven by more than just economics. SunPower CEO Tom Werner explains that the deal “aligns” SunPower with the Trump administration’s desire to have more U.S. manufacturing, and the […]
SunPower plans to ‘inject fresh capital’ in SolarWorld’s plant in Oregon SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) has agreed to acquire competitor SolarWorld Americas of Hillsboro, Oregon, as SunPower looks to capitalize on what it called “strong U.S. market demand” for solar panels and to reduce the impact of Trump administration […] Click here to view original […]
The panel maker, which spent more than a year fighting U.S. import tariffs, announced Wednesday that it is buying a rival that was instrumental in pushing for them. The purchase of SolarWorld Americas for an undisclosed sum includes an Oregon factory that will help SunPower avoid the duties. […] Click here to view original web […]
