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Trina Solar Receives LCA Certificate For Low Carbon Life Cycle Of Vertex 210 Modules

TÜV Rheinland has awarded Trina Solar the life cycle assessment (LCA) certificate for its Vertex modules, which incorporate 210mm diameter solar cells.

June 08, 2022. By News Bureau

TÜV Rheinland has awarded Trina Solar the life cycle assessment (LCA) certificate for its Vertex modules, which incorporate 210mm diameter solar cells.

It means Trina Solar has become the first solar company to receive LCA certification for modules that use 210mm diameter solar cells.

With the advantage of 210mm cells, the Vertex modules achieve industry leading low carbon emissions.

Since Trina Solar was founded 25 years ago, 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 210 modules with mono-crystalline from Vertex S 410W to Vertex 670W.

The results show 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 210 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.

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