SunPower

We're excited to announce our partnership with REC, a globally recognized leader in high-quality solar panel manufacturing.

SunPower has a long history of innovation in solar cell and panel technology. By the time of the SPWR Initial Public Offering, SunPower Corporation had already developed the most technologically advanced solar panels in the industry. As SunPower Inc., we now add to that record by virtue of our collaboration with REC.

Our first joint development effort with REC is a new solar panel that SunPower dubs the “Monolith” – a solid-black panel that weighs in at the U.S. OSHA single-worker residential panel weight limit of only 50 pounds – while producing a record 470 watts of power under standard test conditions.

SunPower has exclusive rights to the officially named REC Alpha Pure-TX 470W panel, which is in production now.

Our next step will be to upgrade it to become ‘bifacial,’ that is to be able to collect light from both sides – a feat SunPower demonstrated on the NASA Helios solar-powered airplane in 2001 – that will raise the Monolith output power to over 500 watts.