Sep 15 2010
SunPower Corporation, a company engaged in the production of solar panels, solar systems and solar cells, has declared the culmination of its 550 kW solar power production modules at the newly constructed headquarters of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc in San Jose, California.
The installed system includes a SunPower manufactured E 18/305 Solar Panel, a 96 cell module that employs all-back contact cell of SunPower and delivers an energy generation efficiency of 18.7%.
Mike Klayko, CEO of Brocade, expressed his happiness to have SunPower solar power system to power the LEED Gold Certified building of his company. He added that his company thought it fit to have clean solar power for the green building that makes the investment economically and environmentally significant. He further said the new addition will offer the company more than 18 million kWh of clean energy in 25 years and protect it against energy cost escalations. He wanted to promote it with other companies.
Tom Werner, CEO of SunPower, praised the corporate responsibility, progressive approach and the clean energy vision of Brocade towards environmental sustainability. He added that Brocade will be advantageously placed due to its rich experience in providing solar power solutions that can increase the returns on investments made on solar power production.