At the beginning of its establishment, with the efforts of core researchers, the company made great progress, and passed the ISO9002 certification in June 1999 10, demonstrating its unremitting pursuit of quality. In the same year, the company established Trina Solar R&D Center.
After countless hardships and firm pursuit, the company team finally successfully built the first solar photovoltaic building in China in August 2000. Trina Solar cooperated with the China Municipal Government to compile the technical standard for the first independent photovoltaic system in China. In order to publicize this important milestone, Trina Solar held the first international solar power generation technology and promotion forum in Guangzhou in September 2000. This forum demonstrated Trina Solar's efforts in developing the China market and promoting innovation in the solar energy industry.
Trina Solar held the 2nd and 3rd International Solar Technology and Promotion Forum in 2006 and 2002 respectively. The government of China also chose Trina Solar as one of the private enterprises to participate in the Bright West Project, which is an initiative to transmit electricity to remote areas in China. Shortly thereafter, Trina Solar installed 39 solar power stations in Tibet in 2003. This success is the result of more than five years' efforts by Trina Solar, which also shows that Trina Solar has taken another step towards Mr. Gao's vision of bringing solar photovoltaic to China.
As a result, Trina Solar has paid more and more attention to the solar photovoltaic industry and its influence is increasing day by day. In 2004, Trina Solar participated in the compilation of the first renewable energy law in China, and completed the project of "Commercialization of Solar Power Generation" in the same year. Since then, the company has continued to increase its investment in R&D and established Changzhou Solar Photovoltaic Association. In 2004, Mr. Gao was appointed as the deputy director of China Solar Building Committee, and won the "Outstanding Private Entrepreneur" award from Changzhou Municipal Government in June 5438+February 2004. At this time, Trina Solar has planted the gene to grow into an industry shaper.
At this time, solar photovoltaic power generation is still in the demonstration stage in China, but it has risen rapidly in European and American countries. In the autumn of 2004, Trina Solar realized that in order to seize the market opportunity of overseas photovoltaic power generation, the company must extend and explore the field of photovoltaic product manufacturing. In this round of competition to seize the market opportunities, Trina Solar quickly and orderly, starting from the end product-photovoltaic modules, and climbing up the industrial chain in the opposite direction. At the beginning of 2005, the first photovoltaic module factory was established; In August 2005, the first batch of monocrystalline silicon rods were expanded upstream, and the silicon rod factory was put into full operation in June+10/October 5438. In February 2006, the manufacture of silicon wafers began, and the output of silicon wafers reached 28MW by the end of the year.
With the rapid expansion of production capacity, Trina Solar has also started an active brand promotion strategy overseas and won the favor of the first batch of German customers. Trina Solar soon cooperated with business partners seeking long-term cooperation, and its sales network quickly expanded to other countries, including Italy, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Australia, the United States and other European and Asian countries.
In 2006, Trina Solar, which is well-known in the industry, received capital injection from many internationally renowned investment institutions, including Meidong Capital, Good Energy and Merrill Lynch. These capital injections have opened the door to Trina Solar's internationalization process, and played a vital role in capacity improvement and brand promotion.
Trina Solar was listed on new york Stock Exchange (NYSE) from June 5, 2008 to February 2006, and successfully introduced capital in June 2007. These measures create conditions for the company to continue to implement the expansion plan, and provide a guarantee for the rapid improvement of production capacity and the procurement of raw materials. At the same time, with the listing on new york Stock Exchange and the strong support of international investors, the company has attracted many talents from all over the world. Today, Trina Solar has an international team from dozens of countries. They have rich industry experience and have been contributing to the development of the company.
In February 2008, the new office building of Trina Solar Headquarters was officially put into use in Changzhou. The exterior wall of this building is installed with carefully integrated glass photovoltaic modules, which not only marks the great achievements of Trina Solar, but also is a model of photovoltaic energy application. That is, in this year, the company's production capacity increased from 150MW at the end of 2007 to 350MW, which entered the track of rapid growth.
On June 5438+ 10, 2009, Trina Solar received the approval document from the Ministry of Science and Technology, and took the lead in building the State Key Laboratory of Enterprise, named as "State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Science and Technology".
In 20 10, Trina Solar's photovoltaic module shipments reached 1GW for the first time, accounting for 6.5% of the global market share; In that year, its sales amounted to USD 65.438+0.86 billion, up by 654.38+0.65.438+0.9% year-on-year, making it one of the global photovoltaic enterprises and the first echelon in the industry.
From 20 1 1 to the first half of 20 13, the photovoltaic industry in China suffered from overcapacity and overseas trade barriers, and the industry suffered losses. Trina Solar, like other photovoltaic enterprises in China, suffered an unprecedented cold winter. Trina Solar adheres to the concept of sustainable development, with innovation, brand and internationalization as its three pillars. Trina Solar accurately predicts industry trends through professional and compliant corporate governance, prudent and efficient financial management and continuous improvement of operation management, and actively seeks and arranges medium and long-term growth points while reasonably balancing existing advantages.
Even in the cold winter of the industry, Trina Solar has always adhered to the concept of innovation, laying a solid foundation for the company to enhance its competitiveness during the industry recovery period. Trina Solar's "State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Science and Technology" set the world record of output power of polycrystalline modules twice on 201and 20 12, and established a leading position in the industry. In March of 20 13, the double-glass module with high reliability, long service life and convenient installation was officially mass-produced.
Even in the cold winter of the industry, Trina Solar always adheres to the market orientation, actively strengthens the company's commercial activities in the field of photovoltaic power station construction and operation, and fosters new growth points. 20 13 Trina Solar built a 50 MW power station in Wuwei, Gansu Province and successfully sold it, which is the first large-scale power station sold by the company in China. Trina Solar participated in the whole process of the project from design, construction, operation and sales, fully demonstrating its ability to undertake large-scale downstream projects.
Trina Solar 20 13 resumed its profitability in the second half of the year, and it is the first company in China photovoltaic industry to get rid of the predicament and recover steadily.
After years of efforts, Trina Solar's products have won a good reputation for high quality and high efficiency in the industry. In order to meet the needs of customers in the recovery period of the industry, Trina Solar cooperates with local governments and enterprises in Jiangsu, Hubei, Xinjiang and other places to promote industry integration through mergers and acquisitions and the establishment of joint ventures. With the rapid development of photovoltaic market, the sales in China market rose to about 30% of Trina Solar's global sales. In 20 14, the company shipped 3.66 GW of photovoltaic modules, ranking first in the world. On October 20 15 1 month, Trina Solar took over the authority certification body Rheinland T? V awarded 20 14 "Rhine Star Photovoltaic Module Award". Trina Solar aims at "reaching the level of excellent German companies" in terms of product quality, and has formulated Trina Solar's ISO900+ quality management system, that is, based on ISO9000, a quality management system covering the product life cycle is established to meet the company's development, industry progress and customer needs.
In 20 15, Trina Solar Technology (Thailand) Co., Ltd., with a planned production capacity of 700MW photovoltaic cells and 500MW photovoltaic modules, officially started construction in Luo Yong Industrial Park, Thailand, marking that the company is accelerating the global layout of production.
In terms of technological innovation, at the beginning of 20 14, Trina Solar cooperated with the Australian National University to develop an efficient solar cell. The third-party independent test report shows that the battery efficiency is as high as 24.4%, which is the IBC crystalline silicon solar cell with the highest photoelectric conversion efficiency. Trinasmart, Trina Solar's smart photovoltaic product in the same period, won't? V awarded IEC 61215/61730 certificate, becoming the first person in China to obtain Rhine T? V certified "smart components". During the 20 14 years, Trina Solar has created seven world records of crystalline silicon battery efficiency and module power, including four world records of crystalline silicon battery efficiency and three world records of crystalline silicon module power. By the end of 20 14, Trina Solar's "State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Science and Technology" ranked first in China in the number of invention patents.
In the field of photovoltaic power plant construction and operation, Trina Solar has further explored emerging markets such as Asia-Pacific, Africa and South America, especially the fast-growing China market, while ensuring the stable growth of traditional markets such as Europe and America. At the end of 20 13, Trina Solar signed an investment framework agreement with Turpan regional administrative office in Xinjiang, and plans to develop 1000 MW ground photovoltaic power station in Xinjiang in the next four years. In 20 14, Trina Solar successively received two important orders for 36 MW and 70 MW high-efficiency components of large-scale power stations in Chile, which laid a solid foundation for the company's expansion in the South American market. 20 14 May, Trina Solar won the order for components of 1 MW, the largest roof project in Africa; In September and October of 20 14, orders for 1 1.7 MW from Turkey and Ecuador and orders for 7.8 MW from commercial rooftop power stations in Thailand were announced. 2065438+April 2005, Trina Solar supplied 1 16 MW modules to Japan's largest solar power station, which was a milestone in the company's market expansion in Japan.