CHENNAI, India, July 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SunEdison,
Inc. (NYSE:SUNE), the world's largest renewable energy development
company, today announced that Pashupathy Gopalan, SunEdison's
president of Asia-Pacific and
Sub-Saharan Africa, was awarded the Solar Power Person of the Year
during the Renewable World International Convention in Delhi, India. The award recognizes Mr. Gopalan
and SunEdison's work in setting the pace and scale of the solar
industry in India over the last
year.
"It is an incredible honor to be named the Solar Person of the
Year," said Mr. Gopalan. "SunEdison is dedicated to furthering
India's renewable energy program,
and plans to develop more than 15 gigawatts of Solar by 2022. With
hard work and dedication, I'm confident that we can achieve this
goal together."
SunEdison currently operates more than 250 megawatts (MW) of
installed solar capacity and has more than 1,000 MW under
development in India. SunEdison's
work across India includes
utility-scale power plants, canal top solar systems, rooftop solar,
over 2,000 agricultural solar water pumps and more than 50 rural
micro-grids.
Mr. Gopalan received the award at the Renewable World 2015
convention on July 23rd,
2015 at The Park, New Delhi,
India.
About SunEdison
SunEdison is the world's largest renewable energy development
company and is transforming the way energy is generated,
distributed, and owned around the globe. The company develops,
finances, installs, owns and operates renewable power plants,
delivering predictably priced electricity to its residential,
commercial, government and utility customers. SunEdison is
one of the world's largest renewable energy asset managers and
provides customers with asset management, operations and
maintenance, monitoring and reporting services. Corporate
headquarters are in the United
States with additional offices and technology manufacturing
around the world. SunEdison's common stock is listed on the New
York Stock Exchange under the symbol "SUNE." To learn more
visit www.sunedison.com.
Forward Looking Statements
Certain matters discussed in this press release are
forward-looking statements, including: SunEdison is dedicated to
furthering India's renewable
energy program, and plans to develop more than 15 gigawatts of
Solar by 2022. Such statements involve certain risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those in the forward-looking statements. Potential risks and
uncertainties include changes in applicable regulatory requirements
and incentives for production of solar power; and general business
and economic conditions, including seasonality of the industry, and
other risks described in SunEdison's filings with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking
statements represent SunEdison's judgment as of the date of this
press release. SunEdison disclaims, however, any intent or
obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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