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Act Solar Receives 8MW Order From Pacific Power Management

February 12, 2009 by Jeff Shepard

Act Solar, Inc., a power management company that provides optimization solutions for solar power plants, has received an 8MW order for PowerString™ from Pacific Power Management, a full service commercial solar provider. Act Solar’s flagship product, PowerString, is said to improve array performance by 6-11% using its patent- pending Injection Boost™ technology. The company claims that extensive field tests and historical modeling have shown that PowerString will cumulatively deliver 40-80% more power over 20-40 years of operations.

"We have a great deal of experience as a solar systems provider and that experience is one of our key competitive advantages," said Mark Frederick, Managing General Partner of Pac Power. "We are deploying Act Solar’s technology because it enables us to instantly improve system performance, increase the ’power density’ of our arrays and deliver lower cost solar power, thus strengthening our competitive position. PowerString further protects our investments by assuring optimal performance in the real-world environment of commercial installations."

"The solar industry is now focused on ensuring maximum performance of PV arrays," said Act Solar CEO Andrew Foss. "PowerString ushers in the next phase of efficiency and cost reduction by further lowering generation costs and assuring maximum power output over the life of the array. Solar system integrators, operators and financiers will substantially lower their generation costs-per-kWh by deploying PowerString."