The company connected the projects in December 2015. They are powered by approximately 110,000 Trina Solar ‘Honey’ modules and have been installed on the roofs of three large manufacturing plants located in the Suqian Economic & Technological Development Zone (SEDZ). The projects are wholly owned by Trina Solar and the electricity they generate is expected to reach approximately 30 million kWh per year over the next 20 years.
The projects will displace 20,000 tons of carbon annually. The electricity will be supplied to the grid through a number of power purchase agreements. The projects are also eligible for a 20-year benchmark on-grid tariff of 1.0 RMB/kWh based on the former feed-in-tariff program in China. Trina Solar will also provide operations and maintenance services.
“We are pleased to announce the addition of these three DG installations in the SEDZ to our portfolio of DG projects that went online in the 4th quarter of 2015” said Mr. Longxing Huang, Vice President and President of the Distributed PV Generation Business Unit of Trina Solar. “The area is a state-level development zone, where rapid industrial expansion and local government's commitment to diversifying its energy mix continues to boost the prospects of solar installations. In particular, the large number of facilities within the zone that have massive flat roofs makes it particularly well suited for the deployment of DG solar energy.”
Mr Huang added that the company will continue to execute the remaining DG projects within its pipeline in the region in 2016. Along with various other initiatives, the company believes these installations have left the company particularly well positioned within the global solar market for 2016.
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