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14 May 2009

 

CPV maker OPEL expands in US with director of Western Regional Sales

OPEL International Inc of Shelton, CT, USA and Toronto, Canada, which makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) panels (as well as both roof- and ground-based dual- and single-axis solar trackers for mounting them), has recruited Larry Slominski to the new role of director of Western Regional Sales in the USA, based in southern California.

He will be responsible for business development and the sales process in the western USA, and will handle OPEL’s dealer network expansion and project sales. The firm says that this should enable it to increase its responsiveness to customers and capitalize on growth of its solar business in the region.

“The expansion of our solar sales force in the US reinforces OPEL’s commitment to the creation of green jobs, and it ties in nicely with President Obama’s green energy initiatives and his vision to generate new US jobs,” says CEO Robert Pico. “More specifically, through his extensive solar photovoltaic experience, we expect Larry to play an important role in broadening OPEL’s solar power grid installation business in the US market,” he adds.

Slominski has more than 25 years of experience in solar power project development, systems and component sales, applications engineering, marketing, and project financing. Larry has worked for United Solar Ovonics and Maxwell Technologies, and established the solar consulting firm LTS Energy. Most recently, he was head of sales for the western region of WorldWater & Solar Tech (Entech Solar) in San Diego, CA.

In February, Slominski was a joint recipient of the Jay Hollingsworth Speas Award for his work on the 2.4MW solar project at the Fresno-Yosemite International Airport. He also holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technical University.

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