SunPower Corp

(NASDAQ Global Select Market: SPWRA)

Industry: Renewable Energy Equipment
On the web: http://www.sunpowercorp.com
Employees: 5,400

SunPower Corp. develops and commercializes high-efficiency photovoltaic, solar, cell technology. The company designs, develops, manufactures and markets solar electric power products, and installs solar power systems. The company sells its solar power products to system integrators and original equipment manufacturers, OEMs. Solar cells are semiconductor devices that directly convert sunlight into electricity. Solar panels are solar cells electrically connected together and encapsulated in a weatherproof package. Inverters transform DC electricity produced by solar panels into the more common form of AC electricity. System integrators typically design and sell complete systems that include the company solar panels along with other system components. OEMs typically incorporate solar cells into specialty solar panels designed for specific applications. The company markets and sells its solar power products and detector products worldwide through a direct sales force. SunPower has direct sales personnel, representatives in Germany, Singapore and the United States.