Energetica India Magazine January-February 2021

SOLAR POWER DNV GL’s Technical Report: Reducing LCOE by 3.72%, Trina Solar’s 210 Vertex Modules Conjoining Single-Axis 2 portrait installation (2P) Tracker DNV GL’s Technical Report (II) confirms the value of Trina’s Vertex modules according to the assessment results of Vertex module with single-axis 2 portrait installation (2P) tracker. Vertex’s innovative “low voltage, high string power” design boosts the single string power while lowering the initial investment and the cost at each stage. 54 energetica INDIA- Jan-Feb_2021 DNV GL, the international leading de- sign institutes and the well-known third-party organization, just reported the value of Trina Solar’s 600W+ Ver- tex Bifacial Dual-Glass Module with Single-Axis 2 portrait installation (2P) tracker, calculating their systematic advantages of BOS and LCOE, result- ing the continuous BOS saving up to 6.32% and LCOE reduction by 3.72% compared with the 166mm bifacial du- al-glass module. The assessment was carried out at two PV sites in Spain and the US, given their geographical repre- sentation. This is DNV GL’s second run Assess- ment on Trina Solar’s 210 Vertex mod- ules following the first round in early December 2020. Steady Value Improvement on 210 Vertex Modules with Tracker As the PV industry accelerates its en- try into the era of grid parity, the Ver- tex series have a prominent strength in LCOE thanks to the continued efforts to cost reduction and efficiency improve - ment by Trina Solar. The assessment performed in last December found that Trina Solar’s 545W bifacial dual-glass Vertex module with single-axis 1 por- trait installation (1P) tracker has the best LCOE, a drop of 3.5% compared with conventional 166mm-450W and 182mm-535W modules in terms of BOS costs. DNV GL’s Technical Report (II) confirms the value of Trina’s Vertex modules ac- cording to the assessment results of Vertex module with single-axis 2 portrait installation (2P) tracker. Vertex’s inno- vative “low voltage, high string power” design boosts the single string power while lowering the initial investment and the cost at each stage. Assessment Results: reducing BOS up to 6.32% and LCOE by 3.72% The assessment of Vertex module with single-axis 2 portrait installation (2P) tracker took place in typical PV applica- tion sites in Spain and Texas, US, with the coordinates and climate as follows: Coordinates of the projects