NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2011 – Today Soltas Energy, a national solar-energy solutions provider, announced the signing of a contract to build, own and operate a solar power plant in central Massachusetts. Soltas Energy will sell the reliable, clean solar electricity to the building’s tenant, a second-generation Massachusetts manufacturing company, for up to 40 years.

Soltas Energy CEO Andrew Barron Worden said, “Soltas Energy is responding to the rapidly growing awareness by commercial enterprises that they can easily transition to a green energy source while simultaneously realizing overall savings on energy rates - without sacrificing reliability. This contract is further evidence of this accelerating trend.”

The 371 KW solar-power plant will be erected atop a 55,000 sq. ft. rooftop in an industrial neighborhood of central Massachusetts.  Aegis Solar Energy of Branford, CT, in collaboration Solar Design Associates of Harvard, Mass. will provide systems design and engineering services.  Additionally, the installation will be performed by Aegis Solar. 

Soltas Energy Corporation and its subsidiary companies, Aegis Solar of Branford, Conn., Choice Solar of Nashville, Tenn., and Sunergy America of Wall, N.J., are solar-energy solutions providers that deliver clean, renewable energy to commercial enterprises. Soltas Energy has offices in both Lawrence, Mass., and New York, N.Y. For more information about Soltas Energy, visit www.soltasenergy.com.