Astronergy
Part of the CHINT Group, Astronergy is a globally recognized cell and module manufacturer and, founded in 2006, was among the first private Chinese companies to enter the PV sector. A major player in the n-type TOPCon module field, the company has been ranked as a “Top Performer” by PVEL on no less than seven occasions and has a footprint in over 140 countries and regions worldwide, with offices in markets including Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, the US and Brazil.
Clean Energy Associates
CLEAN ENERGY ASSOCIATES helps buyers and long-term owners of solar and energy storage equipment buy the right products and ensure they are properly manufactured and installed. The rapid growth of the clean energy industry is exhilarating but the explosion of new technologies, new companies, new factories, new markets, and new business models can be hard to stay on top of and brings new risks.
From our US headquarters and our Asian base in Shanghai, CEA provides our clients with investment confidence as we allow them to get a “peek behind the curtain” to understand what is really happening upstream in supply chains and production facilities and downstream in project design and execution.
CEA’s global team has helped our diverse customer base of project developers, EPCs, IPP’s, and financial institutions understand industry trends and market dynamics, select the best suppliers, negotiate the best contracts, carefully audit production processes, test equipment in the field, and perform technical and acquisition due diligence.
Our experience executing over 250 GW of solar and 40 GWh of storage projects in over 80 countries, including work in over 350 production facilities, is invaluable to our clients as they navigate the ever-changing and hyper-competitive landscape of clean energy. CEA is a subsidiary of Intertek Group plc, a FTSE listed company based in London, with 1,000 test labs and 44,000 professionals working in 100+ countries (www.intertek.com).
Huasun
Huasun Energy is an innovative company specializing in the development and industrialisation of ultra-high efficiency HJT technology. Its excellent product performance and unique innovation capability has resulted in the company being ranked as a Tier 1 manufacturer by BNEF and a ‘Top Performer’ by PVEL.
Huasun now owns 20GW capacity of high-efficiency HJT products, ranking as the largest HJT manufacturer in the world.
JA Solar
Founded in 2005, JA Solar is a manufacturer of high-performance photovoltaic products. With multiple manufacturing bases and 13 sales subsidiaries around the world, the company’s business covers silicon wafers, cells, modules and PV power stations.
Its products are available in 165 countries and regions and are used extensively in ground-mounted power plants, commercial & industrial and residential rooftop PV systems. As of the end of Q1 2024, the company’s cumulative shipments had reached 201GW.
STS
Founded in 2010 by French solar veterans, STS has been consolidating its position as a leading Testing, Inspection, Audit, and Technical Advisory company that counts in the solar and storage industry.
Accredited under ISO/IEC17020:2012, STS supports solar and storage developers’ procurement effort in Asia through supplier assessment & qualification, inspection and quality control, and technical advisory services. STS is the global market leader for PV modules pre-shipment inspection services. Initiated in 2011, STS has released in 2018 the first industry standard for approval of PV modules manufacturing and dispatch, solving the challenge for buyers to set the right quality level at mass-production.
Present in 11 different countries globally with operational focus in Asia, STS enjoys the largest inspector fleet (full-time) in the industry and conducts more than 300 quality assessment projects per year for clients in more than 30 countries including leading EPCs, developers, independent power producers and utility companies.
Trina Solar
Founded in 1997, Trina Solar is a world leading provider of integrated solutions for photovoltaic (PV) smart energy. It is mainly engaged in research and development, production and sales of PV modules, power stations and system products, PV power generation and operation and maintenance services, plus development and sales of intelligent microgrids and multi-energy systems, as well as the operation of energy cloud platforms. In June 2020, Trina Solar was listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board (STAR Market) of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), becoming the first company providing PV products and systems as well as smart energy to have gone public on the platform.
