Petra Solar Launches IllumiWave™ Intelligent Street Light Energy Management Solution

Municipalities and other street lighting providers realize significant cost savings

(South Plainfield, NJ – October 11, 2011) Petra Solar, a NJ- based technology company providing reliable, cost-effective smart energy solutions to the electric supply industry, announced the launch of its IllumiWave smart street lighting energy management solutions. IllumiWave systems enable municipalities and other providers of street lighting to implement energy efficiency and conservation measures that at the same time drive substantial cost savings.

The IllumiWave street light control system is equipped with two-way smart grid wireless communications, enabling remote control and management of widely distributed street lights from a central location. Users can remotely schedule street lights to turn off or dim at pre determined times for energy conservation savings. Valuable energy consumption data and analytics as well as alerts for bulb outages or abnormal bulb operation are provided through a secure web-based communications module of the Petra Solar IntelliView™ smart energy management system. Organizations can use this smart energy management platform for load control and disaster response programs.

IllumiWave systems can work independently or in conjunction with dawn dusk sensors. For street lights with existing dawn dusk sensors, benefits are realized by simply replacing the traditional sensors with IllumiWave devices. The IllumiWave devices create a meshed smart grid communications network, which can work in tandem with Petra Solar’s SunWave™ pole-mount smart solar systems to transform street lights from a cost center into a revenue generator over the life of the system.

"IllumiWave uniquely combines smart grid communications and intelligence for remote monitoring, command and control of streetlights to promote energy efficiency and savings worldwide for municipalities and other street lighting providers,” said Dr. Shihab Kuran, President and CEO of Petra Solar. “Having access to control the energy consumption of scores of streetlights every day not only gives a customer tremendous savings, it also enables environmental benefits associated with energy efficiency.”

By decreasing street light on-time, savings are realized through lowering energy consumption, extending bulb life, and thus reducing maintenance service calls. Organizations can proactively manage bulb outages with automated alerts rather than relying on the traditional reporting by customers.

About Petra Solar:
Petra Solar, founded in 2006 by CEO and President Dr. Kuran, has pioneered new technology that combines distributed solar energy generation with Smart Grid communications and improved grid reliability features to create a utility grade solution that delivers the highest economic value for solar power. Petra Solar’s innovative SunWave™ system provides distributed clean energy that ties directly into the electric grid, and does not require an upgrade to either the current transmission or distribution infrastructure, eliminating grid interconnection issues faced by traditional solar systems. One of the key advantages of the Petra Solar solution is its flexible grid integration architecture that enables installation on existing assets that can hold one or more solar modules such as utility and streetlight poles, rooftops, and other available structures. In addition, the SunWave distributed solar and Smart Grid technology prevents instabilities caused by intermittent renewable energy sources, which enables utilities to maintain high power quality for electric customers as solar deployment growth accelerates. Petra Solar's success is the culmination of more than 18 years of research and development. For more information about Petra Solar visit www.petrasolar.com.

For more information:
Mary Grikas
Vice President Communications, Petra Solar
Phone: 732.429.3908
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