SUNPOWER CORP
Solar photovoltaic cells and modules
- Sector
- Energy
- Headquarters
- SAN JOSE, CA
- Founded
- 2004
- Latest Form D
- $164M, Feb 2012
- Total capital
- $165M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $165M
- 2 Form D · last Feb 2012
- 177 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $4K
- 2 awards · NASA, Defense
- Rank in Energy#215 of 998
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractDefense · Cells Pr# 68-1091-16$4K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$164M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1.3M
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
1 record has no date or no amount, so it isn’t placed on the timeline.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Arnaud S. ChaperonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Bernard S. ClementDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Betsy S. AtkinsDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- BRUCE R LEDESMAExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Christopher S. JaapExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- DANIEL S SHUGARExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 23 people
- Denis S. GiornoDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Dennis V. ArriolaExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Douglas J. RichardsExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Eric J. BranderizExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Howard J. WengerExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Humbert R. de WendelDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jean-Marc R. OteroDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jerome R. SchmittDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Marty T. NeeseExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Pat R. Wood IIIDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- RICHARD M SWANSONExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Thomas R. McDanielDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Thomas H. WernerExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- THURMAN J RODGERSDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- UWE-ERNST BUFEDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- W STEVE ALBRECHTDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- W. Steve AlbrechtDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Regulatory activity · Energy
- Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Redesignation and Maintenance Plan for the Partial St. Clair 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) NAAQS Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Delaware; 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Limited Maintenance Plan for the Philadelphia Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Oklahoma; Updates to the State Implementation Plan for New Source Review Permitting and General SIP ProvisionsEnvironmental Protection Agency
- List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International, Inc., MAGNASTOR® Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment Nos. 16 and 17 and Revisions to Amendment Nos. 0 Through 16Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Epyrifenacil; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Fluoxapiprolin; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
SEC Form D filings through . SBIR and STTR awards through .