Sunpower has manufactured its one-billionth solar cell
San Jose, USA - Sunpower Corp. announced that it has manufactured its one billionth high efficiency solar cell.
"SunPower is proud of the role we've played to help the global adoption of solar, which, over the past 11 years has experienced a 45 percent annual growth rate resulting in nearly 155 gigawatts of installed power capacity today. This is enough to offset the electricity needs of over 25 million homes," said Tom Werner, SunPower president and CEO. "The SunPower team has worked continually to improve our manufacturing and cost reduction processes in concert with advancements in research and development, always raising our own innovation bar. Solar is now more affordable, with demand for the residential, commercial and utility scale power plant markets at historic highs."
Since its founding in 1985, SunPower has continuously improved the design of its all-back contact, Maxeon
Source: IWR Online, 17 Sep 2014