Nitol Solar Supplies Trina Solar with Initial Deliveries of Polysilicon to Manufacture Solar Modules
Jersey, October 13, 2008 – Initial production volumes of polysilicon supplied by Nitol Solar were used to manufacture solar modules by Trina Solar after undergoing a series of quality tests. Nitol Solar produced the polysilicon in its Usolie-Sibirsky Silicon plant in the Irkutsk region, Russia.
Trina Solar tested the polysilicon through the entire production process from monocrystalline ingots, wafers and cells to solar modules. The results demonstrated compliance of polysilicon made by Nitol Solar with the modern PV requirements.
According to the long-term contract between the companies signed in October 2007, Nitol Solar will deliver polysilicon to Trina Solar starting in 2009 with sufficient quantities to produce over 200 MW of modules in aggregate.
About Nitol Solar
Nitol Solar, part of the Nitol Group, manufactures key chemical components for the global Solar Energy industry from an established chemical chlorine and silicon gas facility in the Irtutsk Region, Russia. Nitol Solar's current and envisaged product groups encompass a number of steps in the photovoltaic value chain from trichlorosilane gas through polycrystalline wafers utilized in solar cells. Nitol Solar's aim is to become a global leader in the efficient supply of products for the fast growing solar energy industry. For more detailed information please visit Nitol Solar's website at http://www.nitolsolar.com
About Trina Solar Limited
Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) is a well recognized manufacturer of high quality modules and has a long history as a solar PV pioneer since it was founded in 1997 as a system installation company. Trina Solar is one of the few PV manufacturers that has developed a vertically integrated business model from the production of monocrystalline and multicrystalline ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of high quality modules. Trina Solar's products provide reliable and environmentally-friendly electric power for a growing variety of end-user applications worldwide. For further information, please visit Trina Solar's website at http://www.trinasolar.com.
Nitol Solar Group of Companies:
Larisa Kazantseva
T. +44 78 94 56 63 52
Pavel Krupnov
T. +44 78 94 56 63 57
