Solar Cells Info

Los Gatos, CA, May 31, 2007
Source: Akeena Solar, Inc. press release
http://www.akeena.net/cm/Investor%20Relations/Home.html

Akeena Solar, Inc. (OTCBB:AKNS), a leading designer and installer of solar power systems, announced it entered into definitive purchase agreements with investors to raise $12.6 million of gross proceeds in a private investment in public equity (PIPE) offering. Akeena will issue 4,572,725 shares of common stock in the offering, and three-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of up to 1,295,995 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $3.95 per share. The exercise price and number of shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are subject to the anti-dilution provisions of the warrants. The company plans to close on or about June 1, 2007 subject to customary closing conditions.
(more…)

San Jose, CA., May 23, 2007
Source: SunPower corp. press release
http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=245037

As part of its ongoing efforts to optimize energy efficiency, conserve natural resources and reduce dependency on foreign energy sources, the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (NJ DMAVA) today dedicated a 321-kilowatt solar electric power system atop the Homeland Security Center of Excellence in Lawrenceville, NJ. The new system was installed by PowerLight, a subsidiary of SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency, commercially available solar cells, solar panels and solar systems. The solar electric system is expected to save NJ DMAVA more than $90,000 annually in energy costs, and reduce its use of conventionally generated power by more than 25 percent.
(more…)

San Jose, CA., May 30, 2007
Source: SunPower Corp. press release
http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=246299

For eight communities in the Whitney Ranch residential development in Rocklin, Calif., outside Sacramento, an average of 1.9 homes have sold each month since 2006. A ninth community, Grupe Homes’ Carsten Crossings, stands out with more than twice as many sales, or an average of 4.6 homes sold per month over the same time period.   Four miles down the road in West Roseville’s West Park residential development, homes in Lennar Homes’ Laureate, Wayfarer and Ironcrest communities are selling almost twice as fast as comparable homes in six neighboring West Park communities.
(more…)

Macy’s to install solar power in 26 stores while significantly reducing energy consumption
San Francisco, CA, June 5, 2007
Source: SunPower Corp. press release
http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=247372

Macy’s today announced it will install solar power systems and significantly reduce energy consumption in 26 stores throughout California in partnership with SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency, commercially available solar cells, solar panels and solar systems. SunPower’s subsidiary PowerLight will install PowerGuard® rooftop solar power systems under contracts totaling 8 megawatts on Macy’s stores.
(more…)