SunPower looks to innovation to reduce costs

SUNPOWER CORPORATION IS ONE OF THE TOP, PUBLICLY-TRADED US SOLAR COMPANIES OPERATING TODAY. IN 2009 IT REPORTED REVENUES OF US$1.5 BILLION (AGAINST COSTS OF US$1.2 BILLION), UP FROM US$1.4 BILLION IN 2008, IN SPITE OF WHAT CEO TOM WERNER CALLED “AN ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT YEAR FOR THE COMMERCIAL ROOFTOP SEGMENT – DUE TO THE CREDIT CRISIS, WHICH SEVERELY LIMITED SOLAR PROJECT FINANCING”. AT SPI2010, LYN CORUM CAUGHT UP WITH HOWARD WENGER, PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY'S UTILITY AND POWER PLANTS DIVISION.