Spire wins contract for solar energy facility in India

Spire Corp., a Bedford company with a focus on the solar energy industry, said today that it has received a contract to provide a photovoltaic assembly line for a solar energy facility in India.

The contract is from the PLG Power Limited, the energy and power division of the PLG Group of India, Spire said.

Spire's press release did not include any financial details about the contract.

Spire said it will provide PLG Power Limited with a high performance, semi-automated crystalline cell module manufacturing line capable of producing up to 25 megawatts of solar modules per year.

In a statement, Roger G. Little, Spire's chairman and chief executive, noted, "The photovoltaics market is expanding exponentially in India and is expected to grow by more than 500% in the next few years."
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)