Trina Solar 天合光能

China · Changzhou

alternative to First Solar

Solar modules, trackers and utility-scale PV systems.

Why it fits

  • Solar
  • Cost-effective

Regional alternatives

Product facts

Segment
Solar
Role
manufacturer

Regulatory & supply-chain notes

Solar modules have been detained by US CBP under UFLPA's rebuttable presumption over Xinjiang-polysilicon links (traced to the upstream Hoshine silica WRO) — not a company-specific listing.
CBP Withhold Release Order · 2022-06-21 · source ↗
US trade-remedy duties on imports
  • crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from China, including modules and panels made with those cells
    US importers of Trina cells and modules made with its Chinese cells pay a 0.00% anti-dumping cash deposit for Trina Solar Co., Ltd.; the export trader Trina Solar Energy Development Company Limited has a 5.25% rate. US importers of Trina cells and modules made with its Chinese cells pay a 9.07% countervailing duty deposit (Trina group companies). A-570-979 (AD order, 2012) · C-570-980 (CVD order, 2012)
  • modules assembled in China from non-Chinese cells
    US importers of Trina modules assembled in China from non-Chinese cells pay a 9.09% anti-dumping cash deposit (Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science & Technology and affiliates). US importers of Trina modules assembled in China from non-Chinese cells pay a 9.02% countervailing duty deposit (Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science & Technology and cross-owned companies). A-570-010 (AD order, 2015) · C-570-011 (CVD order, 2015)
  • cells and modules made at its Thailand plant (Trina Solar Science & Technology (Thailand))
    US importers of Trina cells and modules made in Thailand pay a 111.45% anti-dumping cash deposit. US importers of Trina cells and modules made in Thailand pay a 255.39% countervailing duty deposit. A-549-851 (AD order, 2025) · C-549-852 (CVD order, 2025)
  • cells and modules made at its Vietnam operations (exported by Trina Solar Energy Development Company Ltd.)
    US importers of Trina cells and modules made in Vietnam pay a 79.92% anti-dumping cash deposit (separate-rate margin 85.45%, less a subsidy offset). Trina has no named countervailing rate in Vietnam, so US importers of its Vietnam-made cells and modules pay the 124.57% all-others rate. A-552-841 (AD order, 2025) · C-552-842 (CVD order, 2025)
US DoD Section 1260H list
Trina Solar is on the list.
Trina Solar Co., Ltd. · company listed · as of 2026-10 · source ↗
A list of “Chinese military companies”. Since 30 June 2026 the Department of Defense may not contract with listed companies; from 30 June 2027 that extends to goods and services that include their products. It does not restrict anyone else buying or using the product.

Company & market

Parent company
Trina Solar
Registered
Changzhou
Listing
A-share
Ticker
688599.SS
Market cap / val. (USD)
~$5.7 B
Foreign-investable
No
  • China 500 #233

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