Trina Solar Announces 'MeSolar' Brand UMG-Silicon Based Product Line

CHANGZHOU, China, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Trina Solar Limited (''Trina Solar'' or the ''Company''), a leading integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, today announced the launch of the brand name "MeSolar" for its newly in-house developed line of products based on Upgraded Metallurgical Grade ("UMG") silicon materials.

The product line is part of Trina Solar's strategy to expand its product portfolio in order to address customers' increasing demand for lower cost solar module systems. "We are pleased to introduce the brand name 'MeSolar' which represents our high quality and efficient modules using UMG silicon materials, with advantageous prices for our customers," stated Arturo Herrero, Trina Solar's Vice President of Sales & Marketing. "MeSolar" products undergo a stringent production process as well as rigorous quality control checks as a result of initial optimization and critical development stages during testing along the entire value chain, starting from UMG silicon materials, wafers, and cells, to modules, the final product.

Jifan Gao, Trina Solar's Chairman and CEO, stated, "We expect that UMG feedstock technology will continue to advance in the next year, which combine with improved manufacturing efficiencies should provide significant and sustainable cost advantages forward for added value to our customers."

Trina Solar plans to launch production of "MeSolar", employing its existing, dedicated manufacturing lines, with sales and deliveries planned throughout 2009. The UMG-based "MeSolar" modules have a 20-year warranty.

Trina Solar starts wafer shipment for rooftop installation at Atlanta

BEIJING, Dec 18, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- ?? China's integrated solar modules producer Trina Solar Limited (TSL.NYSE) has commenced shipment of wafers and modules for Atlantic City Convention Center (ACCC) of the United States, a source with Trina Solar was quoted by local media.

Qiu Diming, director of the company's technology committee, declined to deliberate the exact quantity of shipment for the time being as well as its time table for the development of UMG-based modules.

Trina Solar will provide as many as 13,400 modules in a bid to build a rooftop solar power generation system at World Congress Center with acreage of 180,000 square feet.

This project is expected to generate 2.8 million kilowatt hours of electricity each year, serving 280 households.

As the largest rooftop power generation project in North America, the system has a capacity of 2.4 MW.

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Trina Solar prioritizes improvement in brand, technology and cost

BEIJING, Dec 01, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- ?? Brand, technology and production cost will highlight the future strategy of Trina Solar Limited (TSL.NYSE) which is working on building leadership in solar energy industry, said Zhou Xiyuan, chief executive officer of Trina Solar.

Zhou said that industry leadership depends on advantages in corporate culture, financial planning, management, industrial scale, and technology in light of anticipated industry reshuffling.

By now, Trina Solar has no specific plans to invest in thin-film solar cell, but has one team making continuous assessment on technological and economic feasibility, according to Zhou.

Trina Solar expects to complete 350 MW of production capacity in the end of 2008 and bring the overall production capacity to 500 MW in the second quarter of next year when the new plant, under construction now, is put into mass production.

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