Photovoltaic and smart energy total solution provider, Trina Solar, has announced that it will launch a distribution facility in South Africa.

This comes as a step that further caters to the company’s overarching expansion strategy to spread ambitiously in the region.

The new facility will enable Trina Solar expand its footprint in Africa to cater to the speedily growing demand for solar energy in generating power for residential, commercial and industrial needs, in addition to agriculture and farming.

“With South Africa having the best structured solar energy market in Sub-Saharan Africa and home to its largest C&I market, we are sure that making our products available locally will enable us to become a provider of preference for our customers,” said Antonio Jimenez, MD and Vice President for Trina Solar MEA.

“Our new opening will further add to our growing footprint in the African continent, which will allow our customer to find the product locally through our network of reseller and distributors.”

South Africa is a strategic market for solar energy consumption, Antonio Jimenez pointed out.

Antonio Jimenez said that as part of its growth strategy in the Middle East and Africa, Trina Solar was looking forward to becoming an important player in the solar energy market in Africa.

South Africa has shown great progress in the development of its solar energy markets recently.

On one side, the ongoing tenders of the South African Department of Mineral Resources and for Renewable Energy Independent Power Product Programs will need several Gigawatt of solar panels.

On the other side, the new announcement that solar power plants below 100 Megawatt do no need Generation License is deemed to create a surge in demand.

Trina Solar currently has over 66 Gigawatt of module shipments worldwide with more than 5 Gigawatt of accumulative grid connections and is also proudly responsible for setting 20 world records for silicon cell efficiency and solar module power output since year 2011.