100MW Agrivoltaic Farming Project Powered by Trina Solar’s Vertex N 720W Series

A 100MW agrivoltaic farming project in Wanning, Hainan province, was connected to the grid at full capacity in mid-February using Trina Solar’s Vertex N 720W series modules. Average annual power generation of the project is expected to be 133 GWh.

Wanning, endowed with abundant sunshine, is an ideal place to develop solar plants. The plant, one of the key agrivoltaic farming projects in Wanning, delivers both environmental benefits by leveraging scalable barren slopes and economic benefits by building about 33 hectares of vegetable greenhouses beneath solar panels. This facilitates the development of agriculture because vegetables produce greater yields in shade than under full sunlight. It also delivers great social benefits by creating about 100 jobs for local farmers and enabling them to greatly increase income, thus giving a fillip to the local economy.

The project further illustrates the great trust owners place in Trina Solar’s Vertex N 720W series modules. As an outstanding member of the Vertex N portfolios, the Vertex N 720W series modules, a star in ground-mounted power stations, offer lower LCOE and BOS cost with low-voltage, high-power, ultra-low degradation, high bifaciality and higher string power. The Vertex N 720W series modules are now being used in Hainan, the country's southernmost island, and the plant will be an exemplar of the PV + agriculture model.

Cao Yunduan, head of branding and marketing at Trina Solar, said: “Vertex N 720W series modules have become very popular because of their high-reliability, demonstrated in various settings including coal mine goafs,high-altitude areas and vast desert regions in China, as well as in a desalination plant in Saudi Arabia. We are confident our Vertex N 720W series modules will increasingly be put into service worldwide.”

Trina Solar has upgraded its i-TOPCon technology and achieved another increase in cell efficiency of 0.3% through laser induced firing. The upgraded Vertex N 720W series modules have efficiency up to 23.2%.

Trina Solar is committed to leading the way in smart PV and energy storage solutions and will continue to innovate with its mainstream n-type i-TOPCon technology and reliable products, empowering the company to continue to lead the industry in the 700W+ era.