PERFORMANCE SERIES

TECHNOLOGY - ARCHITECTURE

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SHINGLED CELL TECHNOLOGY

SunPower Performance Series are based on shingled cell technology

Mono PERC high efficiency cells are laser-cut and shingled using an
electricity conductive adhesive to form a hypercell that provides high
yield, high durability and enhanced performance.

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 SUNPOWER PERFORMANCE PANEL TRACK RECORD
The first shingled cell solar panel to be commercially manufactured

4+ GW deployed to
60+ countries

Expanding to 8 GW
capacity in 2021

September November December July November June October January February July
2015 2015 2016 2017 2017 2018 2018 2019 2020 2020

Cogenra 1st P17 panels Mexico 1st P19 panel NextEra completes Additional P19 349 MW supply Additional P19 Launch of Performance 5 UPP
Acquisition on 25 MW pilot manufacturing manufacturing 125MW Performance manufacturing in agreement (Innogy, manufacturing in Performance 3 panel for power plant
line in USA (400MW) in China (750MW) panel project China (1.25 GW) Belectric; Australia) USA (220 MW) panel systems is launched

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MOST COMMON FAILURE POINTS

Change in Degradation Mode by Module Age Engineered Out by SunPower

Diode/J-Box Diode/J-Box

Cell Circuitry Issue Cell Circuitry Issue

Major
Installed delamination Installed Installed
Glass Breakage 2000-2006 after 2006 after 2006
Encapsulant Encapsulant Encapsulant
Hot Spots Hot Spots
discoloration discoloration discoloration
Cell
Circuitry Glass Glass
Issue Other
Breakage Other
Breakage
Hot Spots PID
Major PID
Major
Other delamination delamination

1 Jordan, et. al. “Photovoltaic Failure and Degradation Modes.” PiP, 2017.

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 MAKING THE CONVENTIONAL, EXCEPTIONAL
Innovative shingled cell design uniquely engineered for the Ribbon failure due to regular thermal cycles is a
reliability and durability needs of power plant installations. leading failure mode for Conventional Panels

Thermal Cycling (800 cycles, +85°C to -40°C)

Shortened paths for
electrons creates more
energy from each panel
Smaller cells extend panel
life by keeping cells cooler SunPower2
when partly shaded1
0% power loss Conventional Panels3

Change in Power
A proprietary encapsulant
minimizes degradation from
environmental exposure

ECA developed for aerospace

offers superior durability against
daily temperature swings
Redundant cell connections
create flexible paths for
1 SunPower Performance Series – Thermal Performance, Z.Campeau 2016.
continuous electricity flow
2 DNV report R10051033J-2, 2018.
3 Exemplifies a conventional panel that is susceptible to this stress.

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SHINGLED CELL vs CONVENTIONAL CELL
NO METAL RIBBONS NEITHER SOLDERINGS

Shingled Solar Cells Conventional Solar Cell

1. No soldered ribbons along the length of the cell – one of the major 1. High-stress solder joints between the long copper ribbons and crystal solar cell
failure modes of using traditional cells has been designed out of the • Thermal Swings create mechanical stress
panel.
2. Single points of failure on copper ribbons between cells resulting in hotspots.
2. Thin screen-printed metal lines on the front of the cells are protected
3. Very thin screen-printed metal lines on the front of the cell are susceptible to
from corrosion by SunPower’s specially engineered encapsulant
corrosion over time
3. Cells are connected across their length, creating many redundant paths
for electricity, and no single point of failure.

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 THE SUNPOWER PERFORMANCE PANEL HYPERCELL
An innovative backbone that provides added strength and durability

• Bending, where others break

• Delivering continuous electricity flow
• Enhancing energy output
• Extending panel life

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 ENGINEERED TO STAND
UP TO THE ELEMENTS
Minimizing power loss from cell damage

• Smaller cells are less susceptible to

breakage and confine cell cracks to a
smaller portion of the panel, maximizing
energy generation
• These EL scans from a 4-point bend test
at a mechanical load of nearly 400 N
show no cracking in the Performance
hypercell

Standard front-
EL scans collected from internal SunPower laboratory testing of conventional front contact mono PERC
contact mono PERC
cell stringing vs SunPower Performance panels; September, 2017.

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SUNPOWER ENCAPSULANT – EVA Vs POE

EVA is being widely used as encapsulant on PV modules:

▪ Easy to handle
▪ Cost effective
▪ Adhesive properties

But EVA also:

Degrades with time specially under hot and humid
conditions
▪ Generates Acetic Acid which creates moisture which
will result in corrosion
▪ May impact on PID
▪ Yellows, diminishing light incidence on cell and yield
▪ Reduces UV protection

SunPower doesn’t use EVA as encapsulant: We use POE (Polyolefin Encapsulant)

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SUNPOWER ENCAPSULANT = POE

Report available at Dow.com - here

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SUNPOWER ENCAPSULANT

Report available here:

Dow-DuPont is the biggest EVA manufacturer in the world!!!!

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Parallel Circuit Delivers Better Performance
P-Series parallel circuit architecture → 6 hypercells working in parallel

SunPower® P-Series P3 Panels Conventional Panel

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1. MODULE ARCHITECTURE
SUNPOWER
Parallel SLIDE
Circuit MASTER
Delivers Better Performance
P-Series parallel circuit architecture → 6 hypercells working in parallel

SunPower® P-Series P3 Panels Conventional Panel

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 SUNPOWER SLIDE MASTER

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 DESIGNED TO LAST LONGER
Hotspot protection through better design – Shingle Vs Half Cut
SunPower Performance panels mitigate the risk of
temperature-related failures through crack mitigation
and unique circuitry.

Under severe cell cracking or worst case shading

conditions of conventional cells, panels operate at
40-50°C lower temperatue.1

Half Cell Mono Half Cell Mono

PERC #1 PERC #2 Reliability Risk Zone for backsheet and encapsulant
Conventional Half Cell Mono PERC

SunPower Performance:
40-50°C cooler
under shade
Ambient

1 SunPower internal study.

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