"This partnership with NRG Solar and the DOE represents a major milestone in delivering 250 megawatts of clean, renewable solar power to California's electricity customers, " said Howard Wenger, president of the utility and power plants business group at SunPower.

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His family's Pittie Enterprises group has tied up with two U.S. firms, SunPower Corp. to make and market cells, and American Sunco to develop tracking systems which ensure maximum sunlight for the U.S. partner's solar thermal and photovoltaic modules.

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