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San Diego exec hopes to shed light on energy issues in Afghanistan.

Publication: San Diego Business Journal
Publication Date: 28-MAR-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: San Diego exec hopes to shed light on energy issues in Afghanistan.(Crossing the Afghanistan Border)

Article Excerpt
From his corner office at the San Diego location of United Solar Ovonic, Qudrat Delawari casts an eye toward reconstructing his native country of Afghanistan.

He has devised a proposal to harness one of the only resources Afghanistan has in abundant supply today--sunlight--in order to deliver the two things he said the country needs most: electricity and water.

Having seen his country ravaged by 22 years of war and destruction, Delawari, the vice president of North American sales for Uni-Solar, a division of Auburn Hills, Mich.-based United Solar Ovonic LLC, wants to use his company's durable solar energy technology to help Afghans stand on their own two feet again.

Delawari, 56, has lived in the United States for 25 years, 11 of those in San Diego. He is the brother of Noorullah Delawari, the president of Afghanistan's Central Bank and a leading figure in the effort to attract foreign investment to rebuild Afghanistan.

Qudrat Delawari's plan for investing in the reconstruction effort of a country roughly the size of Texas is ambitious.

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