SunTechnics Enters East Coast Market

SunTechnics Enters East Coast Market



Feb 2007 - 
Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell Thursday hailed the 
merger of California solar energy giant SunTechnics with 
Pennsylvania's Mesa Environmental Sciences, Inc. 
He said the move would spark the development of $50 million in 
new solar energy projects and more than double the number of 
jobs at the company's new East Coast headquarters in Malvern, 
Pennsylvania. 
One of the first projects to be initiated under the 
acquisition involves installation of a photovoltaic solar 
array at the building where the merger was announced Thursday 
                Feb 2007 - the Friends Center Building in Center City Philadelphia. 
The 10 kilowatt system will generate about 12,000 kilowatt 
hours per year and reduce carbon emissions by 15 tons 
annually. 
Friends Center has been renovating its building to meet the 
highest "green" building standards, with a vegetated roof that 
captures and reuses stormwater and a combination of geothermal 
heating and cooling, photovoltaic solar panels, and purchased 
wind-generated electricity that will make the center 
fossil-fuel free. 
"We expect continued rapid growth in the U.S. renewable energy 
market," SAID Florian Edler, CEO of SunTechnics Energy 
Systems, Inc. 
"Backed by our globally proven engineering expertise, we plan 
to become the market leader not only in Europe and Asia, but 
also in the US. The acquisition of Mesa Energy is a milestone 
in this plan, establishing SunTechnics as a leader in 
Pennsylvania and placing us in an ideal position in New 
Jersey. By the end of the year, we aim to increase our U.S. 
sales tenfold," said Edler. 
SunTechnics is one of the worldwide leading suppliers of 
turnkey systems for the utilization of renewable energy with 
more than 600 employees in 14 countries. 
Founded in 1999, Mesa initially specialized in environmental 
consulting services. Three years later, the company expanded 
its line of business to include the installation of solar 
energy. 
The team of 16 who surround Mesa's founders, Sarah Hetznecker 
and Gary Sheehan, has installed numerous photovoltaic and 
solar thermal energy projects for commercial customers, 
universities and government buildings, including a 
2.8-kilowatt photovoltaic system on the south roof of the 
Governor's Residence in Harrisburg and a 4.8 kilowatt system 
on the Department of Environmental Protection's Southeast 
Regional Office in Norristown. 
"The decision to expand our business activities with the 
globally active SunTechnics Group was a logical step. As 
SunTechnics, we now have the power to expand much faster in 
the renewable energy market of the east coast than our 
regional competitors," said Hetznecker.

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