By Greentech Lead Europe: SunPower, a manufacturer
of high efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, have
commissioned a new photovoltaic solar panel manufacturing and assembly plant in
the De Vernejoul industrial park in Porcelette, Eastern France.
The new plant is
equipped with a 44 MWp production line and will produce approximately 150,000
high efficiency solar panels annually. At this facility, SunPower’s Maxeon
solar cells will be integrated and assembled into SunPower solar
panels that will deliver a median efficiency of 20 percent. These solar panels
will be supplied in to the European residential and commercial rooftop markets.
The new production facility in De Vernejoul is SunPower’s
second in France, will create approximately 80 permanent jobs.
“We believe our new De Vernejoul manufacturing facility,
located at the heart of major European solar markets, allows us to supply the
world’s highest efficiency solar panels to our customers. This physical
proximity to our French, Italian, German and Belgian customers will enhance our
flexibility and shorten our delivery lead times, ramping up our ability to
compete in today’s highly competitive market,” said Marty Neese, SunPower
chief operating officer.
SunPower Initiates 13.78-Megawatt Solar Power Plant in China
Lake, California
Recently, SunPower announced ground breaking of a
13.78-megawatt (DC) solar photovoltaic (PV) power system at Naval Air Weapons
Station China Lake (NAWS China Lake) in California. The plant is expected
to generate the equivalent of more than 30 percent of NAWS China Lake’s annual
energy needs and reduce costs by an estimated $13 million over the
next 20 years.
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