28 April 2011

Abound Solar partners with Italian system integrators DW Europe and Thesan

Abound Solar Inc of Loveland, CO, USA has announced a partnership and distributorship with DW Europe S.r.l. of Rome, Italy, a commercial solar and building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system integrator. The firms will work together to install solutions based on Abound’s cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film PV modules on commercially scaled projects.

Last December, Abound closed a $400m loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to fund expansion of its manufacturing capacity, which will soon be the largest manufacturing facility in the USA. The ramp in capacity will help to cater for demand for the firm’s solar products in Italy, Germany, India and North America, as well as spurring new growth in employment.

Abound has also announced a partnership and distributorship with Thesan of Chiusa di San Michele, Italy, a designer and manufacturer of solutions for the renewable energy and energy-efficiency industries and a solar system integrator for commercial-scale applications. The firms will work together to provide functional and economic solutions based on Abound’s thin-film modules and the design of Thesan’s racking system ‘Around You’, which can reduce labor costs associated with module installation by up to 57%.

“The combination of thin-film technology, high performance in a low-cost module and our experience with Energy Account regulations in the growing Italian photovoltaic market allows us to deliver strong financial returns to our customers,” claims Thesan’s CEO Aimone Balbo.

DW Europe and Thesan are some of Abound’s preferred system integrators, says senior VP of sales & marketing Julian Hawkins. The firms’ positions as leaders in the Italian solar market represent a great opportunity for Abound as it works to expand in the Mediterranean market, he adds.

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