eSolar, a provider of modular, scalable concentrating solar power (CSP) plant technology, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Flextronics (Nasdaq: FLEX) for design services relating to next generation heliostats and solar collector systems.
Headquartered in Singapore, Flextronics is a leading Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider. This announcement marks a new direction for the company, which has acquired numerous contracts over the last year to produce components for photovoltaic solar companies.
Flextronics plans to provide electromechanical design services from its location in Plano, Texas to support the future requirements of eSolar.
"Flextronics is pleased to expand our support of the Clean Tech industry to include solar thermal power solutions," said E.C. Sykes, president of Flextronics Industrial. "We look forward to partnering with the eSolar team and providing them with the electromechanical design expertise required to meet the competitive requirements of this demanding Clean Tech segment."
In March 2010, Google Inc (Nasdaq: GOOG)–an investor in eSolar–said it has developed a prototype heliostat could be ready for production within three years, and cut the cost of CSP systems by half.
eSolar and Flextronics did not say whether or not their new agreement involves the Google technology.
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