Trina Solar receives LCA Certificate for 210 Vertex modules' low-carbon life cycle
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CHANGZHOU, China, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/
Recently Trina Solar was awarded the LCA certificate for its 210mm Vertex
modules by TÜV Rheinland, becoming the first solar company to receive LCA
certification for 210mm modules. With the advantage of 210mm wafers, the Vertex
modules achieve industry leading low carbon emissions.
Since Trina Solar was founded 25 years it has been both a promoter of green
energy and a practitioner of green development. The company provides clean
electricity through photovoltaic modules and is committed to making its
manufacturing processes green and low-carbon.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) follows the methods and requirements of ISO
14040/ISO 14044 to conduct scientific and stringent tests of life-cycle carbon
emissions and other indicators of the assessed subject. The products, sampling
from Trina Solar's major production factories around the world for testing and
certification, cover the full range of p-type 210mm modules with
mono-crystalline from Vertex S 410W to Vertex 670W.
The results show that the Trina Solar Vertex modules are outstanding in the
industry for their low carbon emissions. The average carbon emissions of PV
modules' lifecycle assessment "from cradle to gate" in China are about 550kg
CO2_E/kW. Trina Solar's 210mm Vertex modules carbon emissions are as low as
less than 400kg CO2_E/kW, without using special silicon materials. Its carbon
emissions are at least 30% lower than the industry average in China. Taking the
30-year product life cycle as an example, Trina Solar Vertex modules have an
electricity emission factor of less than 0.01. Carbon emissions of thermal
power are higher than 100 times.
In addition to testing elements concerning global warming potential influences,
Trina Solar conducted a comprehensive LCA analysis of Vertex modules on more
than 10 indicators that affect the environment, including energy consumption,
raw material use, acid rain, eutrophication, toxins and waste, among others.
The results show outstanding performance of the Vertex modules.
Reducing carbon emissions is a global trend that will continue to affect
product portfolios, technology development, production and supply chain
management in all industries. Low-carbon certification will be an important
consideration for customers when they select the products to use. Trina Solar's
210mm Vertex modules have passed the LCA certification and will provide
customers with Vertex's carbon emissions and other environmental performance
data to help achieve customers' carbon neutrality goals.
LCA certification is only one aspect in how Trina Solar pursues low-carbon. The
company will strictly fulfill its social responsibility of reducing carbon
emissions and of green development through initiatives such as low-carbon
product design, optimizing energy management systems and improving the
efficiency of energy use. In addition to its own green development, Trina Solar
will also promote energy conservation and emissions reductions in the industry
chain.
SOURCE: Trina Solar Co., Ltd
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