Puerto Rican Solar Industry on Display this Week at Plaza Las Americas

Plaza Las Americas, San Juan, Puerto Rico Solar energy technology has arrived to the island all the way from Europe in the form of a new partnership between IP Pevafersa of Toro, Spain and Puerto Rican owned Pevafersa America. With a new facility in Humacao poised to launch the first of three solar module assembly lines this March, the annual production for each line of 20 MW should reach a planned production capacity of 60 MW of modules by 2012. Processed multi-crystalline silicon solar cells manufactured by the parent company in Spain and mono-crystalline cells from the United States will be shipped into the factory in Humacao from overseas for integration into assembled modules ranging in power from 180W to 240W.

Pevafersa America has already struck sales contracts for it’s solar modules with solar energy companies local to San Juan including Caribbean Energy Distributor corporation and AFREnergy, Inc. In conjunction with a broader Health and Ecology exhibition taking place throughout Plaza las Americas from now until Sunday, free presentations on solar energy open to the general public are offered every evening on the main stage in front of JC Penny’s store. All three solar enterprises have exhibit booths just down from the main stage, staffed with company representatives throughout the day. Visitors are welcome to stop by each company’s display anytime during regular mall hours to ask questions and learn more.