5 June 2008

PLP enters the Renewable Energy Market

Preformed Line Products Australia is pleased to announce that it has entered the renewable energy market through the formation of a Joint Venture company called BlueSky Energy (Australia) Pty Limited.

The new company will focus primarily on the provision of photovoltaic solar systems for both residential and large scale commercial applications.

The Joint Venture brings together the significant manufacturing and engineering capabilities of PLP who have been manufacturing powerline products in Australia for some 30 years with the marketing and technical expertise of Glenn Cooper who formed BlueSky and has been operating in the solar market for a number of years.

Glenn Cooper will head up the new company which will be based at PLP’s facility in Glendenning, Sydney.

This new venture is in line with a new global strategy for PLP which began last year with the acquisition by PLP Corporate in the US of a manufacturer and integrator of solar energy systems in Albuquerque, New Mexico called Direct Power and Water.

The relevant websites for further information are:-

www.blueskyenergy.com.au
www.directpower.com

Glenn Cooper

 

Educated formerly in computer engineering, Glenn Cooper has worked in Technical, Sales & Marketing and Management roles within the electrical, electronics and telecommunications market segments for the past twenty years with key technical & sales roles in company’s of the likes of Alcatel, Clipsal & Tyco.

 

More recently Glenn was the Managing Director & founder of a successful national business involved in the sale and manufacturing of fibre optic components and hardware before commencing a completely new company “Blue Sky Energy” a systems integration business in the burgeoning Solar energy market.

 

He now joins the Preformed Line Products team to launch their foray into the Solar PV industry following their agreement to merge BlueSky Energy into a new Joint Venture company called BlueSky Energy Australia.