Trina Solar Lays Claim To Second Rank As Module Supplier Globally

Based on the financial statements of leading module manufacturers, Trina Solar has claimed second rank worldwide in its shipments of 8GW modules in the Jan-March quarter. Trina Solar claims to be one of the world’s largest PV and smart energy total solutions providers.

The official statement of Trina Solar says that this is consistent with findings by PV InfoLink, an ‘authoritative’ PV analysis agency, and PV-Tech, a well known PV media outlet, which ranked global module shipments last year and had Trina Solar in second spot.

Trina Solar says that this year it expects to hold its ranking by shipping modules totaling 43GW.

According to industry analysts, the high-reliability, high power, low-LCOE 210 modules are the key reason behind the success of Trina Solar.

It states that G12-210 Vertex technology has been widely accepted by the whole industry. Global shipments of 210 modules rose sharply last year, to 26GW, media reports say, and of these shipments Trina Solar contributed 16GW, putting it in first place. By March cumulative shipments of its 210mm modules had soared to surpass 35GW shipments. With the PV industry leaping into the 600W+ era, industry chain collaboration has become smoother, inverters and trackers are fully compatible with 210 modules, 600W+ ecology is more mature, and the production capacity and shipment of 210 high power modules will continue to rise.

Trina Solar also claims to have won international recognition for its product reliability and brand bankability many times. According to the company, by last year it had been named Top Performer, as certified by PVEL, the leading independent PV test laboratory, for seven consecutive years. Trina Solar has also scored 100% in the BNEF Bankability Survey, ranked as the top bankable module supplier for six consecutive years, and rated as a tier 1 manufacturer of BNEF PV modules in the fourth quarter last year.

The module majors have been locked in a battle to prove the superiority of the 182mm size versus the 210mm cell size, with Jinko, Longi and JA Solar notably in the 182 mm camp until recently.