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                    [ArticleID] => 707173
                    [Title] => SunPower mulls third facility for solar panels worth $2B
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SunPower Philippines Mfg. Limited (SPML), a branch of SunPower Corp. U.S.A. is planning to invest $2 billion for a third facility in the country, a ranking government official said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 619408 [Title] => RP eyes renewable energy hub status [Summary] =>

The Philippines is being envisioned to become a regional hub for renewable energy projects in the near term, an energy official said.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 574050 [Title] => IFC lends $75 million for SunPower solar cell project in Batangas [Summary] =>

The International Finance Corp. (IFC), the private investment arm of the World Bank Group, is providing a $75-million loan to US-based SunPower Corp. for its solar cell manufacturing operations in the Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 13415 [Title] => GMA breaks ground for $1-B TI plant [Summary] =>

CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga – President Arroyo led here yesterday the groundbreaking for the $1-billion manufacturing plant of Texas Instruments – its biggest investment outside the United States.

[DatePublished] => 2007-08-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 331862 [Title] => ERC clears Meralco-Sunpower deal [Summary] => The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has given the green light for the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) to enter into a power supply deal with Sunpower Phils. Manufacturing.

Meralco, managed by the Lopez Group, is the country’s largest power distributor while Sunpower is a wholly-owned company of Cypress Semiconductor of the US, located at the Laguna Technopark.

Based on the agreement approved by the ERC, Meralco will supply electricity to Sunpower’s solar wafer fabrication plant for 15 years or until 2019 at 53.27 percent discount on its existing retail rate. [DatePublished] => 2006-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 243133 [Title] => GMA inaugurates Laguna factory [Summary] => President Arroyo inaugurated yesterday a $320-million factory for solar power panels in Biñan, Laguna operated by Sunpower Philippines Manufacturing Ltd. of the United States.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 220847 [Title] => RP to ask US to expand list of products under GSP [Summary] => The Philippines will ask for an expansion of the list of products included in the US Generalized System of preferences (GSP) as part of its shopping list during the one-day visit of President George W. Bush in October.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 206034 [Title] => PhilEximbank to guarantee loans of SunPower Phils [Summary] => The Philippine Export Import Bank (PhilEximbank) has agreed to guarantee up to $200 million worth of loans for the $300-million solar wafer cells manufacturing project of SunPower Philippines Manufacturing Ltd., an affiliate of US-based SunPower Corp.

Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho revealed that the PhilEximbank board of directors agreed to extend a loan guarantee for SunPower, a Brittish-owned company that has registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) as a pioneering project.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 204946 [Title] => UK firm picks RP as site for P2.256-B solar wafer cells plant [Summary] => British firm Sunpower Corp., one of the world’s top manufacturers of ultra high-efficiency silicon solar cells, has chosen the Philippines over India as site for a P2.256-billion solar wafer cell plant.

Sunpower Philippines Manufacturing Ltd. (SPML), whose parent company is the Cayman Islands-based Sunpower Corp., will manufacture solar wafer cells at its plant in Laguna.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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