The 40 million solar panels Yingli Green Energy has shipped could power millions of homes.
Late last week the world’s largest solar module manufacturer announced it had surpassed 10 gigawatts in capacity shipped worldwide in late June.
“We are tremendously grateful to our loyal customers, supportive business partners, and talented employees around the globe, without whom we could not have reached this milestone,” said Mr. Liansheng Miao, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Yingli Green Energy. “With this achievement, we are one step closer to achieving our mission of providing affordable green energy for all.”
Yingli Solar panels are shipped to customers in 50 countries, including Australia; where they are popular choice for home solar power systems. Yingli Solar has almost 10% global market share.
The 40 million+ solar modules will avoid approximately 6.8 million tons of carbon emissions annually when compared to conventional coal generation; equivalent to planting more than 340 million trees says the company.
“Going forward, we will remain focused on technological innovation and operations optimisation, with the goal of driving the expansion of solar PV worldwide,” said Mr. Bryan Li, Executive Director and Chief Strategy Officer.
In other recent Yingli Green Energy news, the company announced it has successfully completed trial production of monocrystalline ingots using new technology.
Graphite crucibles are traditionally used when pulling monocrystalline ingots, but these have a limited service life and are prone to cracking; resulting in the loss of material. Yingli has been trialing crucibles derived from a carbon-carbon (C-C) composite material; which is more robust.
“Transitioning to C-C composite crucibles will reduce the per-unit cost of furnace crucibles, improve the stability of crystal pulling, and increase the utilization rate of monocrystalline silicon ingots by approximately 3%,” says a statement from the company.
Yingli believes the new material could reduce manufacturing costs by nearly 0.01 USD per watt – which may not sound like a great deal, but these incremental reductions happen quite often and collectively translate to significant reductions in a relatively short time.
