Net loss a year earlier was $370.8m, or $3.77 per share, when production was 272MW.

Third quarter sales declined to $649m from $705.4m a year earlier. They did increase from $595.9m in the second quarter when SunPower posted an $84.2m net loss, or 71 cents a share.

Revenue from the Americas was the major bright spot in the third quarter at $502.3m,