New Delhi: Chinese solar panel producer Trina Solar at present introduced the overall capability of solar modules put in by the corporate in India has crossed four,000 Megawatt (Mw) — the most important for any agency to this point.
“We have come far, from shipping under 15 MW of solar modules for the whole of 2010, our first year in India, to shipping a record 700 MW in just one quarter of 2017,” mentioned Gaurav Mathur, Trina Solar’s India director.
He added that the four,000 Mw milestone is a testomony to the standard of the agency’s gross sales staff in India which has grow to be a significant solar market on the world map and acknowledges the worth of clear, secure and price-efficient solar vitality.
Mathur mentioned the photovoltaic producer works with builders throughout the nation whereas the larger installations are sometimes in the southern area, in states corresponding to Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh resulting from a number of reasosn together with availability of inexpensive land.
“We are big in solar farms, as utility-scale solar provides stability and low-cost energy for local grids. But we are also doing very unique installations, such as airports and building-integrated photovoltaics,” Mathur mentioned.
He additionally aded that Indian corporations are eager on solar, with many from the textile, pharmaceutical, chemical, logistics and IT industries putting in 50-500 Kilowatt rooftop and floor-mount installations as a result of many have rather a lot of roof house or land obtainable for solar installations.
Helena Li, Trina Solar president for Asia Pacific and head of international module gross sales, mentioned the Asia Pacific, together with India, is a key marketplace for the corporate globally because it continues to make inroads by introducing new excessive-effectivity modules and providing sensible vitality options.
