SunPower Builds 2-Megawatt Solar Power Plant on Korean Landfill

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SunPower Builds 2-Megawatt Solar Power Plant on Korean Landfill

PR Newswire
October 02, 2007: 08:00 AM EST

SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SunPower Corporation , a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels, and solar systems, today announced that it will work with Korean energy company EnE System to build a 2-megawatt solar electric power plant in Jeonju, a city in the Jeolla province of Korea. The plant, owned by Jeonju Solar Energy, is the first of its kind in Korea to be located on a landfill property.

"Locating the power plant on landfill demonstrates the environmental leadership taken by Jeonju Solar Energy and EnE System on this project," said Stanley S.K. Bae, SunPower's general manager in Korea. "The Jeonju solar power plant will help serve Korea's energy needs with a major source of clean, renewable solar power, generated on a site that may otherwise remain unused."

SunPower is installing its proprietary, single-axis solar tracking system at the 53,000-square-meter site. The SunPower Tracker tilts toward the sun as it moves across the sky, delivering up to 25 percent more energy than traditional fixed-tilt systems while reducing land-use requirements.

"We selected SunPower based on the company's experience with utility-scale power plant projects as well as the efficiency and proven reliability of SunPower's technology," said Sang Kug Moon, director of EnE System.

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1. They need to remember to tap the landfill's methane for electrical

power generation, too.