Annual production capacity
2-20GWh/yr
Bankability influence
Neutral
How the supplier's financials affect its products' bankability
Company Size
Major
10000+ headcount
Vertical integration
High
In-house production of key components
Company Overview
Founded in 1997 and based in Changzhou, Jiangsu, Trina Solar now makes PV products, energy storage, system solutions, and digital energy services. By the end of 2023, its Trina Storage unit had delivered 5 GWh of DC containers and energy storage systems worldwide, and in Europe it had contracted more than 4 GWh across over 50 projects in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Eastern Europe.
Headquarters
Changzhou, China
Legal entity
Trina Solar Co., Ltd.
IPP / offtaker customers
LSG, Gore Street Capital
Integration footprint
China
Adjacent product lines
residential storage, solar PV modules, trackers, distributed generation systems, centralized power plants, new energy O&M services, on/off-grid microgrids, solar-storage-charging integration, solar-storage-load coordination, virtual power plants, electricity trading, hydrogen energy, energy cloud, smart gateway, edge computing & sensing
Major presence in Europe; Moderate presence in East Asia; Minor presence in North America, Latin America, Middle East & North Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania; no recorded presence in Central Asia & CIS and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Cell & System Architecture
Cell chemistry
Cell format
Named chemistries
Block architecture
Application segments
Battery Management System
Trina Solar’s BMS monitors battery state of health and life cycle performance. It tracks cells, shows SoC and SoH, supports remote shutdown and app-based system management, aligns with EU Batteries and Waste Batteries Regulation requirements, and UL Solutions verified it.
Certifications
Management Systems (ISO)
Product & Safety Standards
ESG & Sustainability
Trina Solar reports third-party ESG ratings of MSCI BBB, Wind ESG A, and Sustainable Fitch 2. It cut cell emissions intensity by 36.44% and module emissions intensity by 65.55% from its 2020 baseline, introduced a fully recycled PV module, recycled more than 2,200 tons of packaging, and tightened supply chain oversight with annual ESG audits, supplier code-of-conduct signoff, digital tracking, and supplier mapping.
Market Price Estimate
Financial Health
Derived from the five sub-metrics below: 3 suboptimal · 1 moderate · 1 healthy.
Corporate & Listing
Reference Project
Recent Developments
Trina Storage, Trina Solar’s energy storage business, signed an agreement with OX2 to supply a 50 MW/209 MWh integrated BESS for the Fageråsen project in Sweden. This deal is the first European deployment of its Elementa and Electra 13.8 solution.
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Trina Solar Storage Products
3| Compare | Logo | Vendor | System | Energy | Power | Duration | Battery Cell | Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grid-Scale BESS 3 | ||||||||
| Trina Solar | Elementa 2 ProDC Block · 20 ft container | 5.02MWh | — | 2–8hflex | —314 Ah · Prismatic | |||
| Trina Solar | Elementa 2 5.015MWhDC Block · 20 ft container | 5.02MWh | — | 2–4hflex | LFP314 Ah · Prismatic | |||
| Trina Solar | Elementa 2 4.073MWhDC Block · 20 ft container | 4.07MWh | — | 2–4hflex | LFP306 Ah · Prismatic | |||
Compare to Other Vendors
All vendors| Vendor | Tier | HQ | Capacity | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tier-1 | Changzhou, China | 2-20 GWh | This vendor | |
| Tier-1 | Shenzhen, China | 20+ GWh | ||
| Tier-1 | Ningde, China | 20+ GWh | ||
| Tier-1 | Shenzhen, China | 0.2-1 GWh | ||
| Tier-1 | Zhuzhou, China | 20+ GWh |
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