One of the most urgent challenges in the current U.S. energy system involves improving and strengthening the power grid. Originally built to last 50 years, major parts of this vast system are now close to 100 years old, making age- and weather-related outages increasingly common. Fortunately, utility-scale solar offers many ways to help improve the durability …
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Trinasolar & CounterpointeSRE, Large-Scale Solar Financier, Announce Partnership
Trinasolar is excited to announce our new partnership with Counterpointe Sustainable Real Estate (CounterpointeSRE), which provides capital to sustainable and energy-efficient infrastructure in commercial and multifamily buildings. This firm has been heavily involved in financing carbon pollution cuts at a large scale, including serving the solar PV industry at a national level. Since 2013, CounterpointeSRE …
Trinasolar scores 100% in 2021 BNEF Bankability Survey
Trina Solar Co., Ltd. (“Trina Solar” or the “Company”) has been awarded as bankable by all survey respondents in the 2021 PV Module and Inverter Bankability report issued by BloombergNEF. With the release of this report, Trinasolar is now the only module manufacturer to be rated as bankable for six consecutive years by 100% of the industry respondents participating in the …
Standardization of 210mm-Size Modules Significantly Boosts the PV Industrial Chain and System Value
In November of 2020, eight world-leading photovoltaic brands, including Trinasolar, Zhonghuan Semiconductor and Risen Energy, joined together to promote the standardization of 210mm silicon wafer modules in the photovoltaic industry. By May, the 210-standardization process achieved significant results, streamlining the PV industrial supply chain and increasing system value. Major players achieve agreement on 210 module …
Trinasolar’s CSR 2019-2020 Series No. 2: Caring for the Planet
Previously, in our series highlighting Trinasolar’s Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2019-2020, we focused on Trina’s trek toward its internal sustainable development goals. In this second installment of the series, we’ll take a look at Trina’s commitment to caring for the planet beyond the company’s internal operations. This means ensuring sustainable purchasing and supply chains, as …
Why 210mm Solar Delivers the Low LCOE and Scalability Needed for the Clean Energy Revolution
For years, manufacturers have increased wafer sizes for PV modules as the industry debated how big wafers should be. We see that debate coming to an end, with the opportunity to standardize around the 210mm wafer size. The industry is heading to settlement in the “how big” debate that will last at least several years. …
Trinasolar’s CSR 2019-2020 Series: Trina’s Trek Toward Its Sustainable Development Goals
At Trinasolar, we take environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues quite seriously. To show our commitment to this endeavor, we recently released the Trina Solar Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2019-2020. This comprehensive report covers a range of topics, including corporate governance, sustainability efforts, employee well-being and several others. To make this content more manageable for …
TrinaTracker Releases White Paper on Spherical Bearing Component Reliability and Advantages
CHANGZHOU, China, Sep 7th, 2021 — TrinaTracker, a leading tracker manufacturer and business unit of Trina Solar Co., Ltd. (SHA:688599), has released a white paper entitled “TrinaTracker Spherical Bearing: Unique Three-Dimensional Patented Component”. The document highlights the advantages of the spherical bearing’s unique geometric design through rigorous testing and long-term outdoor reliability. The white paper …
Trinasolar Publishes White Paper on Global Inverters Matching for Vertex Series Modules
CHANGZHOU, China, Sept. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Trinasolar has published a white paper on inverter matching for its Vertex series PV modules. This document represents the first intelligent inverters matching database in the global photovoltaic industry. The inverters covered in the paper are fully adaptive to all modules in the 210 Vertex series, focusing on the Vertex 550W, 600W and 670W series …
Trinasolar 670W Vertex modules show remarkable mechanical performance at -40°C
Verified by a series of rigorous tests including non-uniform snow-load test, extreme DML test and extreme wind tunnel test, Trinasolar’s Vertex modules continue show outstanding performance and excellent mechanical load reliability by passing another -40°C extreme low-temperature mechanical load test, demonstrating excellent ability to withstand extreme cold conditions. Test site (Image: Trinasolar) Trinasolar’s modules are …
