Trinasolar kicked off 2025 riding a wave of momentum that only accelerated throughout the year. The company’s cumulative 210mm module shipments reached 170GW by the close of 2024, just five years after launching the pioneering technology. By the end of Q1 2025, Trinasolar had more than 275GW of cumulative module shipments, with this surging growth …
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What EPCs Need to Know About N-Type TOPCon for Combating Rising Utility-Scale Solar LCOE
As we close out a turbulent 2025, the country’s utility-scale solar sector can notch some victories, but caution remains as the cost landscape evolves. Below, we examine two new reports from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and one from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that reveal a sector experiencing historic growth and operational efficiency improvements, …
Key Advantages of Retrofitting Hyperscale AI Data Centers with Modular Solar + Storage Solutions
Data center loads increased from 1.9% to 4.4% of total annual U.S. electricity consumption between 2018 and 2023, and are projected to reach 6.7%-12.0% by 2028. Analysts expect data centers’ share of the country’s electricity to reach 80 gigawatts (GW) by 2030 — a stark hike from the 25 GW forecast in 2024. As tech giants …
Longer Strings, Fewer Inverters, Lower LCOE: Trinasolar’s Vertex N 2000V Module Reshapes Utility-Scale Solar Project Economics
By Bobby Naimool, Pre-Sales Engineering Manager, Trinasolar US Originally published by Renewable Energy World Solar energy’s meteoric rise from niche technology to grid dominance has been fueled by relentless innovation, with the industry’s pioneering research and development (R&D) on 2000V systems promising to accelerate this trajectory. For veterans who recall the seismic shift from 1000V to …
When Hail Hits Hard: What Solar Developers Need to Know in 2025
Latest Solar Risk Assessment Underscores Importance of Hail-Resistant PV Modules The 2025 hail season is well underway across large swaths of the country. In June, two “Particularly Dangerous Situation” (PDS) Severe Thunderstorm Watches were issued across Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas — an extremely rare occurrence, with the National Weather Service (NWS) issuing a PDS only …
Maximizing Land Equivalent Ratios and Optimizing PV System Performance in Agrivoltaics
As agrivoltaics transitions from a niche innovation to the mainstream market, integrating agriculture and solar energy production remains one of the most complex challenges in the renewable energy landscape today. Even its naming convention reflects this complexity. Although the consensus in the solar industry has settled on “agrivoltaics” as the standard name, policy and scientific …
De-Risking Utility-Scale Solar Development with US-Assembled Modules and Total Solar Solutions
Utility-scale solar projects run on tight schedules, and slight delays in one phase often ripple through the entire development process. New data shows that 70–90% of renewable energy projects fail due to pre-development risks, such as permitting, interconnection, design, and procurement challenges. Supply chain instability contributes to these hurdles, with developers naming it as the …
Unlocking the Trapped Potential of Landfills and Brownfields for Community Solar
Once viewed as unusable eyesores, environmentally compromised sites like remediated brownfields and closed landfills are quickly becoming prime real estate for community solar projects. These developments offer vast untapped potential and alternatives to greenfield sites for commercial and industrial (C&I) project developers and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firms. Success in repurposing these challenging terrains …
Maximizing Demand Response Participation in Utility-Scale Solar+Storage Projects
The U.S. utility-scale solar industry continues to add record-breaking capacity while increasing the adoption of solar-plus-storage systems. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), 81% of the 63 GW of new generation capacity expected in 2025 will come from solar and battery storage, with Texas and California leading the charge. However, as solar penetration grows, …
Trinasolar: Setting the Standard for Solar Industry Sustainability
As the world races toward a net-zero future, the solar industry sits in the spotlight as companies are called upon to provide clean energy solutions and embody sustainability principles. Increasingly, solar bids must reflect the environmental impact of the materials used. Quantifying and minimizing the projects’ carbon footprints will require selecting suppliers who use low-carbon …
