When Total (TTE 0.52%) took a majority stake in SunPower (SPWR -8.41%), there were provisions in place that made it very difficult to buy additional shares or buy the company outright. But that lockup has ended, and Total can now make a bid for the rest of SunPower.
Solar specialist Travis Hoium has brought this topic up with SunPower's management, and for the time being they don't think a deal is imminent. But as oil giants watch profits getting squeezed by high exploration costs and global fossil-fuel energy growth slowing, the solar industry could be attractive.
Find out how Travis thinks this dynamic will play out in the following video below.
