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Tom Werner

SunPower

CEO & Chairman of the Board

Tom Werner serves as SunPower’s chief executive officer and chairman of the SunPower board of directors.  Prior to joining SunPower in 2003, he held the position of chief executive officer of Silicon Light Machines, Inc., an optical solutions subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation.  Previously, Werner was vice president and general manager of the Business Connectivity Group of 3Com Corp., a network solutions company, and has also held a number of executive management positions at Oak Industries, Inc., and General Electric Co.  He currently serves as a board member of Cree, Inc., Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and is a member of the Marquette University board of trustees.  Werner holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Marquette University and a master's degree in business administration from George Washington University.

Sessions With Tom Werner

Thursday, 12 March

  • 11:30am - 12:30pm (CST) / -

    Solar Power: Are we on a new cost curve?
    Power & Renewables

    Photovoltaics costs have decreased dramatically over the past decade, mostly driven by a sustained decline in module costs, which have fallen nearly 90% on average between 2010 and 2020. Going forward, further decreases are expected but the sources of improvements could be more diverse. Further gains could come from a combination of incremental cost reduction to existing technological platforms, but also through the emergence of new technologies. At the same time, the focus is shifting from reducing capex to increasing the value over the lifetime of a project. How well positioned is the supply chain to deliver on future cost reductions? How can past cost reductions be sustained in the future? What new technologies are on the horizon? How likely their success? What potential for cost reduction is there beyond the module?