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Spire Solar Systems Breaks Ground at the Berkshire School

^{Published on 2011-04-22 09:40:55 - Market Wire}
 

BEDFORD, Mass.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--[ Spire Corporation ] (Nasdaq: SPIR), an American global solar company providing turn-key production lines to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) modules, and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) integration services for [ solar systems ], today announced that it has begun the construction of a 2 megawatt(MW),eight-acresolar PV system at the Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts.

"We are excited to have begun construction of the solar field at the Berkshire School"

Spire is developing the system in collaboration with PowerPlay Solar, developer of the project, for the non-profit, private high-school. The Berkshire Schoola™s mission is to become carbon neutral by 2016. Upon completion, the 2MW project will generate over 2,300 MW/hours per year of electricity, enough to power 40% of the school.

aWe are excited to have begun construction of the solar field at the Berkshire School,a said RogerG.Little, Chairman and CEO of Spire Corporation. aOur Solar Systems group continuously expands as we target [ large scale projects ] in the Northeast.a

About PowerPlay Solar

The PowerPlay Solar team has decades of renewable energy experience. The companya™s ultimate goal is to simplify going solar by providing custom solutions for clients including: site specific feasibility studies, education, design & engineering, state and local permitting, financing options, installation, monitoring & maintenance, utility interconnection applications, rebate applications and post-installation support.

About the Berkshire School

Berkshire School is a private, co-ed boarding school for grades 9 through 12 located in Sheffield, Massachusetts. The schoola™s mission is to provide young men and women with the intellectual and moral foundations and the leadership skills that will enable them to flourish as members of a family and a community as they confront the challenges of college and beyond.

About Spire Corporation

[ Spire Corporation ] is a global solar company providing capital equipment and turn-key production lines to manufacture PV modules. [ Spire Solar Systems ], a group of Spire Corporation, is a full-service provider of large-scale commercial and federal solar systems. To learn more, visit [ www.SpireCorp.com ] or email [ PR@SpireCorp.com ].

Certain matters described in this press release may be forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risk of dependence on market growth, competition and dependence on government agencies and other third parties for funding contract research and services, as well as other factors described in the Company's Form10-K and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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