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Trina Solar to Provide Photovoltaic Cells for Hy-Bird: The First Airplane to Fly Around the World Using Only Renewable Energies

Written by thomas · Filed Under Aeronautics News 

July 14, 2008

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CHANGZHOU, China, July 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Trina Solar
Limited (“Trina Solar” or the “Company”), a leading integrated manufacturer
of photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to
the assembly of PV modules, founded in 1997, today announced a cooperation
agreement with LISA Airplanes for the building of the Hy-Bird, a solar and
hydrogen powered airplane that is set to be the first to fly around the
world using only renewable energies as fuel.

Under this agreement, Trina Solar will supply LISA Airplanes with
almost 300 photovoltaic cells for the assembly of this hybrid airplane. The
solar PV cells on the wings and horizontal tail of the plane will supply
sufficient energy to complete the fuel cell power for takeoff and for
on-board power supply. Apart from this, the plane will be propelled by an
electric engine, more silent and more effective at high altitude than heat
engines.

LISA Airplanes has already produced a scale model and expects to
complete assembly of the real plane by the end of 2009. LISA Airplanes
expects to make a series of full-scale test runs and introduce the Hy-Bird
project, its technologies, its values and its partners in several countries
where interest in renewable energies is growing rapidly. The Hy-Bird is
expected to take off for its around-the-world flight, from West to East,
through various stages of approximately 1500 kilometers.

“We are pleased to have reached this co-operation agreement for the
construction of a solar airplane, since it is a pioneering project and
represents a unique and innovative photovoltaic application that
underscores the high quality and reliability of Trina Solar PV products,”
remarked Arturo Herrero, Trina Solar’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing.
“We are very proud to be part of this sustainable energy airplane project
as we continue to promote the benefits and use of solar energy worldwide”.

About Trina Solar Limited

Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL), through its wholly-owned subsidiary
Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co. Ltd, is a well recognized manufacturer of
high quality modules and has a long history as a solar PV pioneer since it
was founded in 1997 as a system installation company. Trina Solar is
currently one of the few PV manufacturers that has developed a vertically
integrated business model from the production of monocrystalline and
multicrystalline ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of high quality
modules. This integrated value chain helps to ensure that high quality
products can be delivered to its end customers around the globe, including
a number of European countries, such as Germany, Spain and Italy. Trina
Solar’s solar modules provide reliable and environmentally-friendly
electric power for residential, commercial, industrial and other
applications worldwide. For further information, please visit Trina Solar’s
website at http://www.trinasolar.com .

About LISA Airplanes:

LISA (Light Innovative Sport Aircraft) Airplanes is a manufacturer
specialised in the field of high-end pleasure aviation. Additional
background on both the company and Hy-Bird is available at
http://www.lisa-airplanes.com and http://www.hy-bird.com .

Safe Harbor Statement

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact
in this announcement are forward-looking statements, including but not
limited to, Trina Solar’s ability to raise additional capital to finance
its activities; the effectiveness, profitability, and marketability of its
products; the future trading of the securities of the Company; the ability
of the Company to operate as a public company; the period of time for which
its current liquidity will enable the Company to fund its operations; the
Company’s ability to protect its proprietary information; general economic
and business conditions; the volatility of the Company’s operating results
and financial condition; the Company’s ability to attract or retain
qualified senior management personnel and research and development staff;
and other risks detailed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on current expectations,
assumptions, estimates and projections about the companies and the
industry. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking
statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or to
changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the
Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward looking
statements are reasonable, they cannot assure you that their expectations
will turn out to be correct, and investors are cautioned that actual
results may differ materially from the anticipated results.

SOURCE Trina Solar Limited

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