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INTERVIEW
Reshaping PV Technology Mohamed Saady, Jinko Solar’s Technical Services Manager of Middle East & Africa, explores with The Sustainabilist the
brand’s latest products and achievements
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hat innovations is JinkoSolar particularly focussed on and how will these improve the LCOE of
projects in GCC? We always aim to provide the clients with technologies that really add value. We are the first company to offer the Tilling Ribbon technology in the market which increases the modules’ efficiency considerably compared with normal modules, at the same time we improved the overall specs of modules, such as degradation values, temperature coefficient and optimised frame design. These improvements, along with high efficiency mono, half cut technology, and multi busbars, lead to huge improvements in the Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCOE) and total investment. JinkoSolar will be supplying 1 GW of PV modules for Phase V of the Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park. What does the brand’s expansion in the UAE market demonstrate about its technologies?
For the last 10 years, the UAE has expanded
UAE has always been one of the largest and
its renewable energy resources to meet 2030
oldest markets for solar PV in the region, and
and 2050 Strategies, so we were very glad to
it has always been very eager to adopt new
see many mega size projects in Dubai and Abu
technologies to maximise the performance.
Dhabi. After having shipped 1.17 GW for the
