SunPower Corporation announced the completion of a 1-megawatt solar power system on the University of California, Merced campus. The university expects the system, which SunPower will finance with Wells Fargo through a sale leaseback transaction, to produce two-thirds of the campus' electricity on summer afternoons, and 20% of its annual electricity needs. The system utilizes SunPower solar panels, the most efficient solar panels on the market, with the SunPower T20 Tracker® system. The T20 Tracker follows the sun's movement during the day, increasing sunlight capture by up to 30% over conventional fixed-tilt systems, while significantly reducing land use requirements.

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SunPower Corporation launched the next generation of its SunPower® T20 Tracker (T20 Tracker). It is the most powerful solar tracker on the market, incorporating SunPower's high-efficiency 128-cell, 400-watt solar panels for maximum energy output. SunPower's newest T20 Tracker is a single axis, ground mounted tracker that follows the sun to deliver the system performance. It is pre-assembled for a fast, simple and scalable installation and offers customers a choice of design options to meet specific site needs. With fewer moving parts and refined mechanical structure, the T20 Tracker provides increased reliability, durability, less maintenance, and better wind resistance than conventional trackers. Each T20 Tracker unit generates up to 3.7 kilowatts of power and, by following the sun, delivers up to 30% more energy than a fixed tilt system of the same capacity. This next generation T20 Tracker also features the new SunPower TMAC Advanced Tracker Controller (TMAC), the most innovative PV tracker control system on the market. Its features include real-time tracker status updates, remote monitoring and control, proprietary energy production optimization algorithms, and superior reliability even in harsh environments. In addition, the TMAC enables power plant operators to wirelessly monitor the status of the T20 Tracker in real-time through the SunPower power plant SCADA control system, giving them the option to control the array from a central operations center.