SunPower Corporation

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Ticker: 
SPWRA US
Market cap: 
$1,942 million
Country of incorporation: 
United States of America
Industry: 
Energy
Description: 

SunPower Corporation is a vertically integrated solar products and services company that designs, manufactures and markets high-performance solar electric power technologies. The Company operates through two segments: components segment and systems segment. Its subsidiary is PowerLight Corporation, which developed, engineered, manufactured and delivered large-scale solar power systems. These activities are performed by its systems business segment, or systems segment. On January 8, 2008, the Company acquired Solar Solutions1.

  1. 1. http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:SPWRA
Positive Impact – Doing: 

1. Makes solar panels and installs them on residences which they equip with high efficiency inverters (to transform the DC electricity collected from the panels into utility-grade AC power that’s ready for household use) and monitoring systems that can be accessed via web or cell phone1, 2.

  1. 1. http://us.sunpowercorp.com/?re=1
  2. 2. http://us.sunpowercorp.com/residential/products-services/products/
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HQ in San Jose, CA

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