SunPower,which yesterday confirmed a gross margin of 19.6% for the whole of 2013 on anet profit of $95.6m, has been a major beneficiary of the booming utility-scalemarket in the US, which has been driven by a handful of western states racingto meet their own renewables targets.
In recentmonths California-based SunPower achieved full commercial operation of its250MWac California Valley Solar Ranch project, and brought on line the first57MW block of the 579MWac Solar Star (formerly Antelope Valley) project it isbuilding for MidAmerican Solar.
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