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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