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OPEL Solar Announces Turnkey Solar Installation for the Town of Newtown, CT, USA

May 3rd, 2011

Shelton, CT and Toronto, ON, May 3, 2011 – OPEL Solar International Inc. (“OPEL Solar,” or “theCompany”) a leading developer and supplier of ground-based and rooftop solar tracker systems andhigh concentration photovoltaic (“HCPV”) solar panels announced today that they will provide a 95kilowatt (“kW”) turnkey solar PV (“photovoltaic”) installation for the Town of Newtown’s WasteWater Treatment Facility (“Newtown Facility”). As a result of Newtown officials decision to useOPEL Solar’s advanced tracking technology, Newtown is receiving a grant of $325,000, covering aportion of the cost of the installation from a competitive bid grant awarded by the State’s ConnecticutClean Energy Fund (“CCEF”). This award showcases this solar installation as contributing to theState’s clean energy advancement and is an example of the benefit of solar energy for othermunicipalities… Read the Full Press Release