Trina Solar announced that its cooperation with Tongwei has reached a new level. The cooperation involves three investments and a long term procurement cooperation framework agreement.
Focus on 210mm solar modules, cells and wafers
Gao Jifan, Chairman of Trina Solar, said that the two leading companies focused on 210mm solar modules, cells and wafers and cooperated to make the 210mm industrial ecosystem stronger and bigger. Joint ventures and cooperation among strong players, who complement each other, have bigger advantages than simple vertical integrations within themselves according to Jifan.
Integrated 15 GW manufacturing facility
In terms of investments, Trina Solar signed a "joint venture agreement" with Tongwei's Sichuan Yongxiang Co., Ltd. and Tongwei Solar Co., Ltd. respectively, to jointly establish a project company and jointly invest in a high-purity crystalline silicon project with an annual output of 40,000 tons, an ingot project of an annual output of 15GW, a wafer cutting project of an annual output of 15GW, and a high-efficiency crystalline silicon cell project with an annual output of 15GW.
The total investment is about 2.3 billion US dollars. Trina Solar's shareholding ratio in each project company is 35%, and the total registered capital contribution is 32 million US dollars.
Part of Trina Solar`s strategic development plan
Wu Qun, secretary of the board of directors of Trina Solar, said that these major project investments were part of Trina Solar’s strategic development plan. Trina Solar and Tongwei both have outstanding advantages in their roles for the industrial chain. They have reached the consensus on 210mm series solar modules, and these cooperations will further strengthen their strategic partnership.
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Through joint efforts of all industry partners, the 210mm product industry chain has matured, which is now more conducive for deeper integration. Trina Solar plans for a production capacity of photovoltaic module to be no less than 50GW by the end of 2021, most of which are 210 module production capacities. In the future, the company will continue to strengthen its scale advantages of advanced module production capacity based on large-size cells.
Purchase of 72,000 tons of polysilicon products
In terms of procurements Trina Solar intends to purchase Tongwei’s Sichuan Yongxiang Polysilicon Co., Ltd., Sichuan Yongxiang New Energy Co., Ltd., Inner Mongolia Tongwei High Purity Crystal Silicon Co., Ltd., and Yunnan Tongwei High Purity Crystal Silicon Co., Ltd. between January 2021 and December 2023 for approximately 72,000 tons of polysilicon products in total.
Chen Ye, Assistant Vice President of Procurement Supply Chain Management of Trina Solar, said: "Trina Solar and Tongwei have a good relationship and Trina Solar is very pleased to deepen cooperation with its strategic partners. This long term procurement will facilitate timely and effective responses to changes in the market, ensuring strong and long-term stability of the company's supply chain.“
Long term procurements to secure production
„On the 2nd of this month, we signed a 20GW silicon wafer procurement contract with Wuxi Shangji Automation Co., Ltd. On the 15th, we signed an 85 million square meter photovoltaic glass procurement contract with Changzhou Almaden Co., Ltd. These long term procurements will provide strong support for the production capacity of Vertex Series 210 ultra-high-power modules“, Che said. (hcn)
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