Entech Solar, a provider of concentrating solar energy systems, has named Sean Rooney as its chief operating officer.

This appointment is part of the ongoing transformation of Entech from a research and development organisation to a vertically integrated, product-driven, manufacturer and installer of advanced concentrating solar systems. 

With the company's focus shifting to its proprietary concentrating solar systems, Rooney's role has been expanded to include all manufacturing operations as well as its EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) business.

Rooney joined Entech in February last year as vice president of the company's EPC operations. Since then, he has implemented a new model for project management which has resulted in over five megawatts of solar projects being completed on schedule. 

"Although our engineering team has made progress in addressing the process and supply-chain issues, the factory is not yet producing product suitable for certification," said Frank Smith, Entech Solar CEO.  "Sean will bring the same sense of urgency, purpose, and discipline to our manufacturing challenges that he provided to our EPC projects at Fresno, Denver, Valley Center, and Ocean City." 

"Once we have established our manufacturing capability and achieved certification, we will have two channels to market – product sales to other integrators and management of our own EPC projects that incorporate Entech modules.  Sean will have responsibility for the operations portion of our vertically integrated value chain."

Entech uses its proprietary concentrating photovoltaic and thermal (CPVT) technology to deliver the ThermaVolt system.