December 18, 2008

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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