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The market for solar panels will be a new powerful player
Commenting on the news that Toshiba Corp. combined with SunPower Corp. Sales of solar generating plants in Japan, Toshiba said that "at this time we will explore the business potential." In other data, the company began selling 18 Jul, 2008, but Toshiba has denied this, saying that is not yet resolved some details.
In doing so, the general manager of SunPower Uerner Thomas (Thomas Werner) spoke on television and mentioned the relationship with Toshiba. "We can expand the market share to 10% using Toshiba technology and our highly efficient solar cells," - he said.
SunPower developed crystalline silicon solar cell modules with high efficiency of energy conversion (about 22%). Also, it was shown on the big battery size 120 x 120 mm with the effectiveness of 23,4%. According to the results of the second quarter, sales of SunPower increased by 40% to $ 273.7 million in the first quarter to $ 382.8 million in the second. Compared with the results of the same period last year, sales increased by 120%, exceeding the industry growth of 40% YoY. |
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