December 3, 2009
Toronto,
ON, Canada: Oneworld Energy Inc. Closes the First Tranche of the
Acquisition of Shares of COU Capital
Oneworld
Energy has acquired over 95% of the common shares of COU Capital
Inc. (“COU”), a Canadian based solar developer, from its shareholders
in exchange for shares of Oneworld Energy Inc. This is the first
tranche with the balance of the COU shares expected to be acquired
by the middle of December 2009. COU provides a variety of services
to the solar sector in Europe and North America encompassing the
entire value chain.
These
services include the design & development, EPC (engineering, procurement
and construction) and commercial/technical operation and maintenance
of ground and roof mounted solar installations. Through its wholly
owned subsidiaries, COU also provides electrical design and engineering
services for solar parks and inverters to the solar energy sector
in Europe and North America.
Key
members of the COU team that will be joining Oneworld are Jeffrey
Dennis, John Gamble, Michael Habermann and Adrián Maté. COU’s
businesses will compliment Oneworld’s existing solar business
which is currently operational in Germany and Ontario. COU has
established relationships with large solar panel manufacturers
for procurement and contributes a pipeline of over 83 MW of solar
projects in Germany, Italy and Bulgaria, which can be built for
Oneworld’s portfolio or for third party clients under contract.
Agreements
are in place with the Solar Income Fund Limited Partnership to
build solar parks in Germany and it has mandates from other capital
funds created to own solar parks in Europe and North America.
In addition, COU brokers the sale/acquisition of solar parks to
third parties. In Ontario, COU has started acquiring roof top
and property for ground mounted solar projects in order to participate
in the new feed in tariff program recently introduced by the Ontario
government.
Further details about: Oneworld
Energy
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