Dec. 7, 2007

SunPower and Jiawei signed silicon signed ingot pulling and wafer agreement

SunPower Corporation announced that it has signed a five-year agreement with Jiawei SolarChina Co., Ltd. to secure a supply of monocrystalline silicon ingots and silicon wafers. Jiawei plans to scale its operation to 200 ingots pullers in Beijing, China. Beginning in 2008, SunPower will purchase sufficient silicon in ingot and wafer forms to satisfy production requirements that represent more than 900MW of solar cell production based on SunPower's expected silicon utilizing during the agreement period and subject to contract conditions. SunPower will provide polysilicon to Jiawei during the life of this agreement.

"Our partnership with Jiawei will diversify our upstream supply chain," said PM Pai, chief operating officer at SunPower Corp. "As we scale and expand our silicon supply base into China, we are pleased to extend our relationship with our partner, Jiawei".

SunPower website: http://www.sunpowercorp.com

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