Sunpower CEO joins Silver Spring board - San Francisco Business Times:

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San Jose-based SunPower (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB) manufactures solar panels and developssola projects. Redwood City-based Silver Spring Networkes designs networking solutions for the electric grid adding functionalithto decades-old infrastructure. “One of the most importantt benefits of a smart grid is that it enable utilities and their customers tointegrate clean, renewable energhy into our electric said Scott Lang, president and CEO of Silvef Spring, in a statement. “SunPower is a true leadeer in solar energy solutions and we are very pleasedx tohave Tom’s industry perspective.
” The utilityy industry is working to transform the electric grid into a “smart Companies like Silver Spring design both hardware, software and provided services to allow utilities to better manage electricity anticipate and respond to blackout s and manage new sources of power like solaf and wind. “Silver Spring Networks’ technologyh gives utilities the ability to measure and monitorf every device on the grid that transmitxs andconsumes energy,” said Werner, in the “This is vital to the effective integration of solar and othere types of renewable energy into our nation’ electric grid.
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