SunPower to Host Residential/Commercial Solar-Electric Workshop on March 5, 2005.SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Speakers From Horizon Energy Systems, OnGrid Solar Energy Systems and SunPower Corp. to Discuss System Design, Performance, and Return on Investment of Solar-Electric Systems SunPower Corp., a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CY), today announced that it will be hosting a free public workshop on solar electricity for commercial and residential sites on Saturday, March 5 at 1:30 p.m., featuring speakers from Horizon Energy Systems, OnGrid Solar Energy Systems and SunPower. Co-sponsored by the Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club Sierra Club, national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world's parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded (1892) in California by a group led by the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club , this workshop will provide an overview of leading photovoltaic The generation of voltage by a material that is exposed to light in the visible and invisible ranges. See photoelectric and photovoltaic cell. (PV) systems, highlight the financial benefits with case studies and discuss the environmental impact of solar-electric systems. The solar workshop will be held in the Building 6 auditorium of the Cypress campus at 198 Champion Court in San Jose, Calif. To register, please email kurtnewick@yahoo.com or call (408) 370-9636. For directions to Cypress headquarters, please visit http://www.cypress.com/aboutus/directions.cfm. About the Speakers Andy J. Black is a solar electric consultant and owner of OnGrid Solar Energy Systems. Mr. Black has more than eight years of design, consulting, teaching, and research experience in solar technology. He specializes in demonstrating the financial payback of solar electricity systems, and is a NABCEP NABCEP North American Board of Certified Energy Practioners certified solar installer. Mr. Black is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Solar Energy Society The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) is dedicated to advancing the U.S. toward a sustainable energy economy. ASES publishes Solar Today magazine, organizes the National Solar Tour, produces the National Solar Energy Conference, and advocates for policies to promote the research and serves as Chapters Representative. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Northern California Solar Energy Association and serves as its Treasurer. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Penn State University, a master's degree from the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission , and has completed a marketing certificate program at the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). . Vikas Desai is a product manager for residential markets at SunPower Corp. Before joining SunPower, Mr. Desai was employed by the Control Techniques Division of Emerson Electric, a leader in high-performance industrial automation products, where he headed up global product management and customer support groups. Mr. Desai holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. , a master's degree in power electronics from Loughborough University in the U.K., and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Gujarat University in India. Kurt Newick works in sales and installation at Horizon Energy Systems. He is founder and chairman of the Global Warming and Energy Committee for the Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club. He is also a Tree Amigo with Our City Forest. He lives in a solar electric home, with a self-installed solar-radiant heat and solar hot water Solar hot water refers to water heated by solar energy. Solar heating systems are generally composed of solar thermal collectors, a fluid system to move the heat from the collector to its point of usage, and a reservoir or tank for heat storage and subsequent use. systems. Mr. Newick holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Chico State University. Over the past few years, he has taught free classes about solar electric systems and has volunteered with Silicon Valley Solar Home Tours. About SunPower SunPower -- a majority-owned subsidiary majority-owned subsidiary A firm in which more than 50% of outstanding voting stock is owned by the parent company. of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY) -- designs and manufactures high-performance silicon solar cells based on an interdigitated all-back-contact design. The company's initial products were put to use in a variety of high-performance applications, including the NASA-sponsored AeroVironment airplane, "Helios," that flew to a record altitude of 96,863 feet on August 13, 2001. SunPower manufactures its high-performance A-300 solar cells in a new facility outside of Manila, the Philippines. The company currently operates a 25 MW production line there, and is planning to ramp production to more than 100 MW. For more information on SunPower or solar technology, please visit the SunPower website at http://www.sunpowercorp.com. About Cypress Cypress solutions are at the heart of any system that is built to perform: consumer, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial, and solar power. Leveraging a strong commitment to customer service and performance-based process and manufacturing expertise, Cypress's product portfolio includes a broad selection of wired and wireless USB devices, CMOS image sensors, timing solutions, network search engines, specialty memories, high-bandwidth synchronous and micropower memory products, optical solutions, and reconfigurable mixed-signal arrays. Cypress stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors CY. More information about the company is available online at www.cypress.com. SunPower is a registered trademark of SunPower Corp. Cypress and the Cypress logo are registered trademarks of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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