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 # Pioneers of Solar Technology: Tom Werner and SunPower are Busting Myths and Changing the World 

 


 

 Sep 23, 2015 9:00 AM ET

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[Originally published by Industrial PRIME ](http://industrialprime.com/pioneers-of-solar-technology-tom-werner-and-sunpower-are-busting-myths-and-changing-the-world/)

*Industrial PRIME* is driving towards the beautiful city of San José. We can’t help feeling envious of the city’s three hundred sunny days a year. That is nearly twice as many as in our homeland, where the winters can get slightly extreme: sometimes, you can count the number of sunshine *hours* during an entire *month* with your fingers. And that is not a joke.

Not only known for its fantastic weather and awfully friendly people, San José, the 10th largest city by population in the United States, is also the Mecca for technology industries and the capital of the renowned Silicon Valley.

[Continue reading full article on Industrial PRIME. ](http://bit.ly/1FctKBD)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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