"The solar panels will include solar-lit lights maintained by Omni Navitas and will shield parking surfaces from snow in the winter, according to MBTA Assistant General Manager for Real Estate Development Mark Boyle."

"Victor Dalal, director of business development for Omni Navitas in south-east Asia, tells Sebastian Shehadi why the US-based solar energy company is expanding in the region."

“The two solar canopies will produce approximately 1,800,000 kWh’s of electricity annually which will be sold to Hingham,” said Jill Donahue, a spokeswoman for Omni Navitas, referring to the projects in Hingham. That would eliminate the consumption of around 3,000 barrels of oil each year."

Athanas was happy to lease land he wasn’t tilling to Omni Navitas, a Boston-based solar energy development group, for two solar farms supplying 900 residential customers. “It’s a great deal,” Athanas says. “I feel like the Johnny Appleseed of solar power."