Draker's Monitoring Platform Acquired by BlueNRGY

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BlueNRGY Group Limited (OTC:CBDEF) announced on Thursday that it has acquired Draker Inc.’s monitoring platform and certain other assets. Draker is an independent provider of monitoring and data management services to the U.S. solar industry.

BlueNRGY Executive Chairman William Morro said:

The Draker transaction is an important step in positioning BlueNRGY as the leading independent provider of monitoring and data management services serving the renewable energy sector globally. We continue to redefine the standards in this industry and raise the bar for our competitors. Consistent with Draker’s philosophy, we are committed to ensuring consistent and reliable deliverables across large portfolios and to our customers on all five continents we currently serve.

According to a press release:

The closing of the transaction ensures that all Draker customers can continue to receive an uninterrupted flow of data from systems previously installed by Draker. Everett McGinley, Draker’s Executive Chairman, stated, “On behalf of the entire Draker team, I want to thank our customers for their trust and loyalty in recent weeks while Draker’s sale process was pending. I’m proud to say that uninterrupted service has been and will continue to be available for all of our customers and 100% of customer monitoring data has been and will be securely retained and accessible to customers. Moreover, our highly trained staff members will continue to service the Draker customers going forward. These are the core strengths that made Draker a leader in North America and will carry over to the international operations of BlueNRGY.”
Draker currently receives and compiles operating performance and other pertinent data at more than 2GW of solar PV installations at approximately 2,000 sites in the Americas, Japan and Europe. Its system monitoring and control solutions have gained wide acceptance for their reliability, durability and accuracy and the capacity of PV solar assets managed with Draker’s systems has more than doubled in the last three years. Draker installations range in size from tens of kW to more than 30MW and clients include individual system owners, developers, asset managers and utilities.

Click here to read BlueNRGY’s full press release.

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