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