OPEL Solar, Inc. and Tecneira, S.A. Launch Partnership with One Megawatt Solar Plant

OPEL International Inc. (TSX VENTURE:OPL) and OPEL Solar, Inc.

OPEL Solar, Inc., a leading global developer and supplier of high concentration
photovoltaic ("HCPV") solar panels and other solar products, including
ground-based and rooftop tracker systems, today announced it has signed an
agreement with Tecneira, S.A., the Portugal renewable energy company of the
ProCME Group. The companies also announced their first HCPV solar project win.


In mid-March the Portuguese Government had a public ceremony announcing the
Country's commitment to renewable energy goals by 2020. As part of the ceremony,
headed by the Portuguese Prime Minister, Jose Socrates, it was announced that
OPEL Solar and Tecneira were awarded in the preliminary phase of projects, a one
Megawatt solar concentrating photovoltaic ("CPV") power plant installation. This
solar project will be a one megawatt HCPV installation eligible for the
Portuguese feed-in tariff ("FIT") that will provide a guaranteed investment rate
of return.


"OPEL Solar is delighted to have the partnership with Tecneira as Portugal
aggressively moves into CPV solar energy," said Robert Pico CEO of OPEL Solar,
Inc. "We understand that for the project award OPEL Solar's technology was
viewed as one of the most innovative and utility scalable to achieve Portugal's
solar energy goals for CPV."


"Tecneira believes in the competitive advantages that OPEL Solar's HCPV
technology offers our Company. Putting the HCPV panels on solar trackers will
optimize the electrical production for this solar power plant," said Alda
Delgado, CEO of Tecneira, S.A. "We look forward to working with OPEL Solar on
this first installation and other projects in the future."


The one megawatt solar plant will be located in Alqueva in the Moura Region of
Southern Portugal, a prime location for solar development.


OPEL Solar will build the installation with its Mk-I HCPV solar panels mounted
on dual axis trackers. The combination of OPEL's HCPV panels and precision dual
axis trackers results in a higher power production per unit of land
(acre/hectare) than silicon or thin film flat panels with a potential to
increase photovoltaic yields by up to 40 percent.


About Tecneira, S.A. and ProCME Group 

Tecneira, S.A. has its headquarters in Porto Salvo, Portugal. Established in
2001, Tecneira is the renewable company within the ProCME Group. Its core
business is the production of electricity from renewable power sources and its
commercialization and supply to the public electrical grid. Tecneira focuses on
the development of solar photovoltaic, wind farms, biomass, and wave energy
projects. The Company has the main goal of the promotion, development, turnkey
construction, managements of renewable power systems, as well as the operation
and maintenance of renewable power plants. Tecneira considers the use of
innovative solar technologies like HCPV vital to solar energy having a major
impact on the future competitive market and rate of return on investments in
solar power. Tecneira develops opportunities in HCPV from microgeneration to
large scale utility solar systems.


ProCME Group is comprised of companies developing within the scope of high tech
engineering. It is an organization that is part of the Spanish ACS Group.
Presently, it is one of the largest companies in the world with global business
in the service and construction areas. ProCME has the ability to perform the
installation of every kind of energy power plant, either conventional or
renewable energy.


About OPEL Solar, Inc. and OPEL International Inc.

With operations headquartered in Shelton, CT and Toronto, Ontario, Canada, OPEL
designs, manufactures and markets high performance concentrating photovoltaic
("HCPV") panels to transform solar energy into electricity for worldwide
application. OPEL's high performance photovoltaic concentrating panels generate
up to 40 percent more kilowatt-hours than conventional flat plate silicon or
thin film solar panels, resulting in more cost-effective electricity generated
from the sun. OPEL also markets a complete line of precision dual and single
axis solar trackers to mount solar panels for optimum power output. OPEL also
designs infrared sensor type products for military and industrial applications.


A leader in gallium arsenide and solar photovoltaic technology, the Company has
been awarded 39 patents and has 12 more patents pending. OPEL's common shares
trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "OPL". For more information
about OPEL Solar, Inc., please visit the Company's website at www.opelinc.com.
OPEL Solar, Inc. is a subsidiary of OPEL International Inc. (TSX VENTURE:OPL). 


Dated: April 20, 2010 

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Michel Lafrance, Secretary

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