industry photovoltaics founded 1997 headquarters changzhou china key people jifan gao number of employees 14 280 2014 1 website www.trinasolar.com trina solar limited tsl chinese is a chinese company located in the province of jiangsu with numerous branches in the usa europe and asia which is listed on the ppvx solar share index and on the nyse . founded in 1997 by jifan gao the company develops and produces ingots wafers solar cells and solar modules . in the past few years trina solar was listed repeatedly on the fortune list of the top 100 of the world s fastest growing companies in 2011 no. 11 . 2 trina solar has developed a vertically integrated supply chain from the production of ingots wafers and cells to the assembly of high quality modules . the company has shipped solar modules with a total output of 11 gw until the end of 2014 . 3 in the financial year of 2014 a total of 3.66 gw have been shipped 4 making trina solar the top pv module supplier globally as ihs reported . 5 trina solar surpassed yingli as the world s biggest solar panel maker . 6 environmental protection edit since december 2008 trina solar is iso 14001 cerfiticated ; the last sustainability report covers the year 2013 . 7 in the year 2010 the company became full member of pv cycle and offers free return and recycling of used modules . therefore trina solar fulfills the weee directive of the eu . 8 in 2012 9 2013 10 and 2014 11 trina solar was also ranked in the top position of the solar scorecard of the silicon valley toxics coalition svtc . 12 references edit annual report 2014 downloaded on 01 september 2015 pdf fortune s fastest growing companies last access 7 august 2012 about us last access 7 may 2015 trina solar announces fourth quarter and full year 2014 results last access 30 april 2015 trina solar takes top spot amongst pv module suppliers last access 30 april 2015 http washpost.bloomberg.com story docid 1376 o8r8er6k50y601 184kbo46sv3927q402p85oe5g9 trina solar 2013 sustainable development report last access 29 april 2015 trina solar weee directive compliance last access 29 april 2015 solar scorecard 2012 last access 29 april 2015 solar scorecard 2013 last access 29 april 2015 solar scorecard 2014 last access 29 april 2015 trina solar top global pv manufacturer for environmental and social commitments last access 30 april 2015 v t e solar energy companies in china energy in china ja solar holdings jinko solar jinniu energy suntech power topray solar trina solar yingli china sunergy hanwha solarone chint group energy companies of china retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title trina solar & oldid 732527441 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangephotovoltaics manufacturersmanufacturing companies of chinacompanies established in 1997hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles containing chinese language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa olfran aisitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 1 august 2016 at 15 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view