Siemens Solar Awarded $20-Million Contract

Siemens Solar Industries in Camarillo said it won a $20-million contract to supply, install and maintain photovoltaic systems in the West African countries of Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Senegal. Siemens will provide 410 pumping systems, 89 cooling systems, 303 lighting systems and 33 battery charging systems to the Comite Permanent Interstats De Lutte Contre La Secheresse Dans Le Sahel, an organization founded to combat drought in the region. Siemens Solar Industries is a unit of Siemens AG, a German multinational corporation with annual sales of about $40 billion.