Might 13 (Renewables Now) – US photo voltaic expertise and vitality providers supplier SunPower Corp (NASDAQ:SPWR) and IKEA US will companion to supply house photo voltaic merchandise within the US, the corporations mentioned on Thursday.
The providing is named Residence Photo voltaic with IKEA and is anticipated to be launched within the autumn in choose California markets. Members of the IKEA Household buyer loyalty programme could have the chance to purchase photo voltaic merchandise for electrical energy technology and storage, accessible via SunPower.
The service is meant to be rolled out to extra IKEA places sooner or later.
The initiative is supportive of the furnishings retailer’s efforts to change into round and local weather constructive by 2030.
SunPower, in the meantime, lately reported a narrower first-quarter GAAP web loss from persevering with operations of USD 2.2 million (EUR 2.1m) and a document backlog and pipeline as extra householders flip to photo voltaic as a supply for a extra sustainable energy provide.
(USD 1 = EUR 0.961)
