Trina Solar Limited has announced it will be providing solar panels for one of Panama’s largest solar farms.
33,000 of the company’s PC14 modules will be used in the 9.9MW “Divisa Solar” power station in Cocle province, central Panama.
The facility will generate enough clean electricity to power around 3,000 homes and will avoid more than 4,850 tons of carbon emissions annually.
Zhiguo Zhu, COO and President of Module Business Unit at Trina Solar says the company has expanded its presence in Latin America over the last few years and the Divisa Solar project marks a major milestone for Trina.
“We believe Panama and Latin America hold high potential for the solar sector and this project demonstrates Trina Solar’s continued progress as a leading provider of solar PV modules in the region,” he said.
In other recent news from Trina, the company announced it had entered into an agreement for the sale of a 49.99 MW solar power plant in the UK to Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited.
The facility, which commenced operations last year, consists of 196,627 modules and generates enough electricity to supply the energy needs of up to 14,000 UK homes.
Founded in 1997 as a PV system integrator, Trina Solar has shipped 11GW of its panels since 2007, with 3.66GW of that total occurring in 2014.
The company has achieved seven power output world records and holds more than 638 patents.
Trina Solar panels are a popular choice for residential solar power system installations in Australia. The modules come with a guaranteed power warranted at 97.5% of nameplate capacity in year one and 0.7% less each subsequent year; ending with 80.7% of nameplate power guaranteed in the 25th year.
Trina was the first solar panel manufacturer to receive UL’s Client Test Data Program Certification.
The company has a strong commitment to environmentally responsible operations and ranked first on the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition’s annual Solar Scorecard three years in a row. The company has also made great strides in improving energy efficiency in production, reducing the amount of power needed in manufacturing from 569 megawatt hours per megawatt capacity in 2013 to 206 megawatt hours in 2013.
