SunPower announces plans with Baltimore County, Maryland to cover two closed landfills with solar panels. These projects are expected to generate approximately 30 MW of clean energy, equivalent to the power used by one third of the County’s municipal buildings including government facilities.   “Electricity savings from solar can help municipalitiesRead More

Maxeon Solar Technologies announced plans to expand its presence in the large-scale U.S. solar power market by ramping up production of its Performance line of shingled modules — up to 3.6 GW of new capacity. After the company obtains the necessary debt or equity financing to purchase the equipment andRead More

HES Solar, established this month in 2001 in San Diego as Home Energy Systems, became HES Solar in 2017 and today the solar installer has upgraded its partnership with SunPower to re-brand the residential division as SunPower by HES Solar. The change comes as a result of SunPower’s invitation to advance from Elite Dealer status toRead More

SunPower Corp. announced super low Annual Percentage Rate (APR) loans for residential customers looking to buy either the solar-only Equinox system or SunVault battery storage. The company’s new offerings include rates as low as 0.99% for a 15-year loan and 1.99% for a 25-year loan and are offered through Technology Credit UnionRead More

Installing a ton of residential solar doesn’t just “distribute” generation, it distributes the responsibility for managing that generation, and we are just starting to scratch the surface of products and strategies for doing so. These range from customer apps that (try to) change each user’s relationship with their home’s energyRead More

SunPower has reached a deal with EagleView, a provider of aerial analytics, to combine EagleView’s high-resolution Roof Reports with the new mySunPower Home Survey app, enabling our solar installers and contractors to create precise, construction-ready solar designs without a home visit. The feature set is now available to the company’sRead More

Freed from its solar panel manufacturing side after splitting from Maxeon, SunPower is looking to significantly expand its SunPower Residential Installation (SPRI) program this year. SunPower plans to launch SPRI presence in seven new markets across six states by the end of Q2 2021. In the first quarter, SunPower will launchRead More

Through an agreement with SunPower, Comcast Spectacor, owner of the Wells Fargo Center arena and the National Hockey League’s Philadelphia Flyers, completed the installation of a 1.06-MW solar system at the Virtua Center Flyers Skate Zone at Voorhees in New Jersey. Comcast Spectacor has also introduced an electric Zamboni iceRead More

SunPower Corp. is closing its solar panel manufacturing plant in Hillsboro, Ore., and cutting the 170 jobs that go with it. SunPower will provide all impacted employees with comprehensive separation packages, including severance, work transition assistance and six months of COBRA for continuation of health insurance coverage. The company willRead More

A strong residential solar industry is developed, in part, by quality PV system products and the strong brands behind those products. Solar installation contractors who partner with these companies – via partnership programs or dealer networks – can also reap other ancillary benefits to build a stronger business, from preferredRead More