SunPower manufacturing panels in new Oregon factory
SunPower, headquartered in San Jose CA, has begun making its more advanced solar panels in its new Hillsboro OR factory, four months after it purchased the facility from SolarWorld for $26 million.
SunPoweris using tri-layer semiconductor stacks for patterning features on solar cells. The invention increases both the manufacturing efficiency and conversion efficiency of solar cells.
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