Trina Solar sets 2030 net-zero goal

CHANGZHOU — Trina Solar aims to use 100 per cent renewable energy in global manufacturing and operations by 2030 in order to contribute to the Paris Agreement’s climate objectives. The company has expanded its sustainability efforts by implementing a variety of net-zero practices, including: net-zero operations, a net-zero value chain, and net-zero products.

Trina Solar has employed a variety of carbon neutrality measures in order to meet its 2030 objective. Included in the plan are improvements to energy efficiency, net-zero industrial parks and factories, waste reduction, reuse, and recycling (3Rs), use of renewable energy, digital management of energy and carbon emissions, and development and implementation of carbon reduction technology.

The company has instituted a ISO14001 environmental management system at all of its global plants, taking into consideration the preservation of the local ecosystem and biodiversity from the time it selects sites for its manufacturing facilities. Through an array of environmental management systems and processes, the environmental impact of the organization’s products, activities, and services is effectively minimized.

In April 2023, Trina Solar’s Yiwu plant became the first in the PV industry to be officially certified as a Zero Carbon Factory. In addition to reflecting the company’s carbon reduction practices in technology, products, equipment, and process management over the past quarter century, this demonstrates Trina Solar’s strong commitment to sustainable development.

Together with its partners, Trina Solar has split the carbon footprints of its modules and developed low-carbon silicon materials. Trina Solar’s 150 micron and 130 micron wafers have a 20 per cent lower carbon footprint than conventional wafers, with the company’s technical efforts to reduce wafer thickness.