{"id":18846,"date":"2018-02-01T07:23:07","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T20:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=18846"},"modified":"2018-02-01T16:46:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T06:16:33","slug":"trina-solar-panel-shipments-mb0443","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/trina-solar-panel-shipments-mb0443\/","title":{"rendered":"Trina Ships 9GW+ Of Solar Panels In 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/trina-solar-panels.jpg\" alt=\"Trina solar panels\" width=\"636\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/trina-solar-panels.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/trina-solar-panels-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2017 proved to be another busy year for Trina Solar, which shipped 9.0 to 9.2 GW of PV modules to destinations around the world according to the company.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Shipments during the first three quarters were 1.966 GW, 2.481 GW and 2.092 GW, respectively. While fourth quarter figures weren&#8217;t final, the company is confident the level was enough to achieve a full-year shipment of more than 9 gigawatts capacity.<\/p>\n<p>The company did brisk business in India last year, delivering more than 3 GW of modules, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinasolar.com\/us\/resources\/newsroom\/trina-solar-2017-global-modules-shipment-over-9-gw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claims<\/a> to have grabbed more than 25% of market share in that country in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Among its other achievements last year, Trina opened a 1 GW solar cell manufacturing facility in Vietnam, making it that country&#8217;s largest PV manufacturer. 2017 also saw Trina setting a\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/trina-solar-efficiency-record-mb0025\/\">new record<\/a> of 24.13% total-area efficiency for a large-area <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/p-type-and-n-type-solar-cells-excellent-electron-adventure\/\">N-type<\/a> monocrystalline silicon Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC) solar cell.<\/p>\n<p>Another highlight of the year was selected Trina modules scoring well in DNV-GL\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/jinko-trina-torture-test\/\">solar panel torture tests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Again A Top Ten Solar Panel Supplier<\/h2>\n<p>According to a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pv-tech.org\/editors-blog\/top-10-module-suppliers-in-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PV-Tech<\/a> report, Trina was no.2 globally last year in terms of shipment volume. PV-Tech&#8217;s full rankings for 2017:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/jinko-solar-review.html\">JinkoSolar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/trina-review.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trina Solar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/canadian-solar-review.html\">Canadian Solar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/ja-solar-review.html\">JA Solar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/hanwha-q-cells-review.html\">Hanwha Q-Cells<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/gcl-poly-suzhou-energy-review.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GCL-SI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/longi-solar-review.html\">Longi Solar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/risen-review.html\">Risen Energy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Shunfeng (including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/suntech-review.html\">Suntech<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/yingli-solar-review.html\">Yingli Green<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Looking ahead, while BNEF <a href=\"https:\/\/about.bnef.com\/blog\/worlds-biggest-solar-players-say-trumps-tariffs-could-have-been-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a> Trina will be affected by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/trump-solar-tariffs\/\">Trump solar tariffs<\/a>, the impact will probably be limited in the short-term as the tariff was expected. The company&#8217;s vice-president has said Trina will expand into other markets around the world.<\/p>\n<p>PV-Tech reported this week Pakistan has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pv-tech.org\/news\/pakistan-invites-trina-to-set-up-solar-manufacturing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invited Trina Solar<\/a> to construct a solar panel manufacturing facility in that country, and the government will provide support including tax incentives.<\/p>\n<p>Trina Solar was founded in 1997 by Gao Jifan, originally as a PV system integrator. In 2006, it listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In March last year, its 20th anniversary year, Trina ceased to be a publicly traded company after a merger with Red Viburnum Company Limited.<\/p>\n<p>While news from the company has been a little thin since then, it&#8217;s obviously still kicking major goals.<\/p>\n<p>Trina Solar panels are shipped to more than 100 countries, including Australia \u2013 you can browse more than 160 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/trina-review.html\">Australian Trina solar panel reviews<\/a> here on SolarQuotes; from customers who have had the modules installed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2017 proved to be another busy year for Trina Solar, which shipped 9.0 to 9.2 GW of PV modules to destinations around the world according to the company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":18848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trina Ships 9GW+ Of Solar Panels In 2017 - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"2017 proved to be another busy year for Trina Solar, which shipped 9.0 to 9.2 GW of PV modules to destinations around the world according to the company.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/trina-solar-panel-shipments-mb0443\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trina Ships 9GW+ Of Solar Panels In 2017\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"2017 proved to be another busy year for Trina Solar, which shipped 9.0 to 9.2 GW of PV modules to destinations around the world according to the company.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/trina-solar-panel-shipments-mb0443\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-31T20:53:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-02-01T06:16:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/trina-solar-panels.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"636\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"397\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/trina-solar-panel-shipments-mb0443\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/trina-solar-panel-shipments-mb0443\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Trina Ships 9GW+ Of Solar Panels In 2017\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-31T20:53:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-01T06:16:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/trina-solar-panel-shipments-mb0443\/\"},\"wordCount\":379,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/trina-solar-panel-shipments-mb0443\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/trina-solar-panels.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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