The
company
reported
sales
of
$595.9m
–
excluding
$54.8m
from
its
power
plant
construction
business
–
essentially
flat
from
the
same
quarter
a
year
ago,
on
257MW
of
PV
production,
up
from
205MW.
Gross
margin
increased
to
12.3%
from
3.3%
a
year
earlier
and
9.2%
in
the
first
quarter.
California-based
SunPower
also
joined
the
residential
solar
leasing
party
with
a
$325m
financing
commitment
from
Citi
and
Credit
Suisse.
The
funding
will
be
used
to
expand
its
SunPower
Lease
offer,
which
provides
US
residential
customers
a
20-year
lease
agreement,
reducing
the
up-front…
