1115 Orlando Avenue
Roseville, CA 95661-5247
Phone: 916-745-0900
Fax: 916-745-0999
www.solarpowerinc.net
Solar Power, Inc. engages in the sale, installation, and integration of solar modules, balance-of-system components, and integration services, including system design and installation. The company offers photovoltaic (PV) systems, solar panels and related hardware and cable, wire and mechanical assemblies. Products and Services The company’s products in general are built-up through 4 stages of production: Wafers, Cells, Modules, and Systems. Wafers: A crystalline silicon wafer is a flat piece of crystalline silicon that can be processed into a solar cell. Wafers are usually square or square with rounded corners. A typical size is 152 millimeters by 152 millimeters. Cells: A solar cell is a device made from a wafer that converts sunlight into electricity by means of a process known as the photovoltaic effect. Solar cells produce approximately 3.5 watts of power each. Modules: A solar module is an assembly of solar cells that have been electrically interconnected and laminated in a physically durable and weather-tight package. A typical solar module can produce from 20 to 300 watts of power and range in size from 2 to 25 square feet. Its typical commercial module would range from 180 to 220 watts. Systems: A solar system is an assembly of one or more solar modules that have been physically mounted and electrically interconnected by cables, meters and inverters to produce electricity. Typical residential on-grid systems produce 2,000 to 6,000 watts of power. Subsidiaries The company’s business is conducted through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, SPIC, Inc. (SPIC), Yes! Solar, Inc. (YES), Yes! Construction Services, Inc. (YCS), IAS-HK and IAS Shenzhen. SPIC and YCS are engaged in the business of design, sales and installation of photovoltaic (PV) solar systems for commercial, industrial and residential markets. YCS is also a company-owned franchise territory. YES is engaged in the sale and administration of its franchise operations. IAS-HK is engaged in sales of its cable, wire and mechanical assemblies business. IAS Shenzhen is engaged in manufacturing its solar modules, its balance of solar system products and continues to be engaged in its legacy cable, wire and mechanical assemblies business. Customers The company designs, integrates and installs photovoltaic power systems to various customers, including private residential owners, production home builders and commercial facilities. It also manufactures solar panels which it not only uses in its own installations, but sells to other integrators in the Asian and European markets. Competition The company’s major systems integration competitors include Sun Power Corporation; SPG Solar; Akeena Solar; and Sun Edison. Its manufacturing competitors include multinational corporations, such as BP Solar; Kyocera Corporation; Mitsubishi; Solar World AG; Sharp Corporation; Sun Power Corporation; and Sanyo Corporation. History Solar Power, Inc. was founded in 2005.
Why this is a hot stock
- Friday September 18, 2009 Solar Power, Inc. (“SPI”) (OTCBB: SOPW) has been named Fastest Growing Company in the Sacramento region for 2009. The award was accepted by Solar Power Inc.’s CEO Steve Kircher at a ceremony hosted Tuesday night by The Sacramento Business Journal. The award, which is presented annually to the Sacramento region’s fastest growing company from a large group of contenders, was won by SPI for the second consecutive year.
- Tuesday October 6, 2009 Solar Power, Inc. announced a $14,000,000 Private Placement from institutional and accredited investors.
- Monday October 19, 2009 Solar Power, Inc. announced today that it has executed a second supply agreement with Bayer and Raach, a German solar installation company serving the residential and commercial market segments throughout Germany and Southern Europe. The supply agreement calls for SPI to provide 1.5 megawatts of SPI’s 200-watt modules to meet initial-phase requirements for a 5-megawatt system Bayer and Raach is installing in Bavaria. The system will be built in phases over 2009 and 2010, ultimately calling for a total of 5 megawatts of SPI’s 200-watt modules which are top ranked for performance with the California Energy Commission.



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