Trina Solar
Native name
天合光能股份有限公司
Company typePublic
SSE: 688599
IndustryPhotovoltaics
Founded1997
HeadquartersChangzhou, Jiangsu, China
Key people
Jifan Gao (CEO)
Number of employees
30,000+ (2023)[1]
Websitewww.trinasolar.com Edit this at Wikidata

Trina Solar Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 天合光能股份有限公司) is a Chinese photovoltaics company founded in 1997. The company manufactures, sells and does research and development on PV products, EPC and O&M. It also develops and sells smart micro-grid and multi-energy complementary systems and energy cloud-platform operations. In 2018, Trina Solar launched Energy IoT brand, established the Trina Energy IoT Industrial Development Alliance together with leading companies and research institutes in China and elsewhere and founded the New Energy IoT Industrial Innovation Center. In June 2020, Trina Solar listed on the STAR Market of Shanghai Stock Exchange.[2]

A 2023 report by Sheffield Hallam University stated that Trina Solar had "very high" exposure to production in Xinjiang involving forced Uyghur labor.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Official website". Trina Solar Co., Ltd. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. ^ Trina Solar Co. Ltd. (10 June 2020). "Trina Solar issues first A-Shares on Shanghai Sci-Tech Innovation Board". Changzhou, China. PR Newswire. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. ^ Nevett, Joshua (2 December 2023). "Solar panels used by British Army linked to claims of forced labour in China". BBC News. Retrieved 4 December 2023.