50 MW solar power plant

"This development of our renewable profile in Colorado is still another illustration of how Xcel Energy brings solar powered energy to its clients, " said David Eves, president of Public Service Co. of Colorado, an Xcel Energy business. "we're incorporating large-scale solar power that competes with and surpasses other forms of generation options, with regards to cost, throughout the life of the project. This advantages all of our customers - both environmentally and economically."

SunPower designed and built the plant, and is now operating and maintaining it on-site, and tracking power production from the company's remote operations control center in Austin, Tex. Above 150 tasks had been developed on task web site during peak construction.

"Xcel energy sources are providing leadership in the advertising of major solar power development, and demonstrating just how green technologies are part of the clear answer to guarantee the health of your economic climate and the environment, " said Jorg Heinemann, SunPower administrator vice president, global energy plants, customer functions and EPC. "SunPower's high-efficiency solar PV technology is competitively-priced for power-plant applications, fast to set up, and reliably delivers clean energy, specially during peak need hours."

In the 320-acre site, SunPower installed a SunPower® Oasis® Power Plant system. Oasis is a fully integrated, modular solar powered energy block which engineered to rapidly and cost-effectively deploy utility-scale solar jobs while optimizing land use. The technology includes SunPower's proprietary robotic solar power cleaning capacity that uses 75 percent less water than old-fashioned cleaning practices and that can assist in improving system overall performance by up to 15 %.

SunPower constructed two various other solar power plants inside San Luis Valley which can be additionally generating energy for Xcel Energy's Colorado clients. The 19-megawatt better Sandhill plant has-been running since 2010, together with 30-megawatt San Luis Valley Solar Ranch began delivering energy last year.

The ability of power flowers in this release is described in estimated megawatts on an alternating-current (ac) basis.

About Xcel Energy
Xcel Energy (NYSE: XEL) is a significant U.S. electricity and gas organization that provides a thorough profile of energy-related products and services to 3.5 million electricity consumers and 1.9 million natural gas clients through its regulated running businesses in eight Western and Midwestern says. Company headquarters are situated in Minneapolis. More info is available at www.xcelenergy.com.

About SunPower Corp.
Among the earth's state-of-the-art and sustainable power companies, SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWR) provides a diverse number of clients with total solar solutions and services. Residential clients, businesses, governments, schools and resources around the globe depend on SunPower's more than 30 years of proven knowledge. From very first flip of this switch, SunPower provides maximum price and superb performance for the longevity each and every solar power system. Based in Silicon Valley, SunPower has actually devoted, customer-focused employees in Africa, Asia, Australia, European countries, North and South America. To learn more regarding how SunPower is changing how our world is operated, see www.sunpower.com.