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CHANGZHOU, China, Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

Trina Solar is the major vendor of photovoltaic modules for the Futura 1

Project, a project with 22 solar energy parks, which is being developed by

Focus Energia, in Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil.

The project will be implemented in three phases. The first phase has an

installed capacity of 850 MWp, which places the project among the largest in

Brazil, at the moment.

The initial modules will leave China in 108 containers in the second week of

August with 59,292 pieces of 600W series of modules. The bifacial modules, with

210 mm cells, belong to the Vertex line, with the latest technology available

in the market. These high-powered products currently produced by Trina Solar

are making room for the 670W successor, which can already be ordered for next

year.

"Trina Solar has the most advanced technology and the most powerful modules

with great performance. This, for sure, helped Focus to choose us," said Álvaro

García Maltrás, Trina Solar's vice president for Latin America and the

Caribbean.

According to Focus Energia, the project's energy production will be entirely

destined for the free market. The strategy follows the latest trend in which

renewable energy generation entrepreneurs tend to prefer to negotiate directly

with clients, instead of competing in auctions promoted by Aneel, to serve the

captive market exclusively.

According to Alan Zelazo, Focus CEO, it is estimated that 2 thousand direct

jobs and 4 thousand indirect jobs will be generated during the system's

implementation.

Furthermore, Futura 1 comes at an opportune moment. "Despite being a long term

project, we are pleased to collaborate with the country to increase its

production capacity in an extremely severe hydric crisis period."

The project is already underway and has 550 people working on site. Operations

are scheduled to begin in April 2022.

Trina Solar in Brazil

Operating in Brazil since 2017, Trina Solar sees great potential in the

country. "Brazil is Latin America's leading market for solar energy. It is a

super dynamic market in high growth and a priority for Trina Solar. We entered

a little later than our competitors, but we are now consolidating ourselves in

the country," says Alvaro.

Trina Solar has already installed hundreds of megawatts in the Latin American

and Caribbean region and is advancing with new contracts with other important

customers in the Brazilian market.

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SOURCE: Trina Solar Co., Ltd