SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- JinkoSolar Holding
Co., Ltd. (JinkoSolar" or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS), a
reputable solar module manufacturer, today announced that its
wholly owned subsidiary, JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc., renewed its
partnership with GRID Alternatives, a national leader in making
solar technology and job training accessible to low-income
communities. JinkoSolar has donated 600kW of high-efficiency solar
modules to support GRID Alternatives' work developing and
implementing solar projects and offering hands-on job training in
underserved communities.
The partnership will help GRID Alternatives to meet its goal of
installing more than 10 megawatts of solar power in 2019, helping
families and affordable housing providers save millions of dollars
in energy costs over the lifetimes of their solar systems. With
JinkoSolar's support, GRID Alternatives will also be providing
hands-on solar installation training to over 4,000 individuals.
Building on a deep partnership with GRID Alternatives that has
been built over the past five years, this renewal reaffirms
JinkoSolar's commitment to making solar power accessible to
everyone.
"We always felt it important that the benefits of solar be
widely available to all communities across the US and around the
globe," said Nigel Cockroft, General
Manager of JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc. "We believe in the GRID
Alternatives model and are proud to continue to support their
expansive beneficial programs."
"Our work brings together the solar industry, governments,
utilities, job training organizations, affordable housing providers
and local communities to ensure solar power benefits everyone and
we're thankful for JinkoSolar's support," said Erica Mackie, GRID Alternatives CEO and
co-founder. "Large-scale equipment partnerships like JinkoSolar's
make it possible to make the financial, career-building, and
environmental benefits of solar power accessible to all
communities."
About JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) is a world-renowned solar module
manufacturer. JinkoSolar has over 12,000 employees across
its 6 productions facilities globally. The company distributes its
solar products and sells its solutions and services to a
diversified international utility, commercial and residential
customer base in more than 80 countries
worldwide. JinkoSolar has built a vertically integrated
solar product value chain, with an integrated annual capacity of
9.2 GW for silicon ingots and wafers, 6.5 GW for solar cells, and
10 GW for solar modules, as of September 30,
2018.
JinkoSolar has over 12,000 employees across its 6
productions facilities globally, 16 oversea subsidiaries
in Japan (2), Singapore, India, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, United
States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Australia, South
Africa and United Arab Emirates, and global sales teams
in United
Kingdom, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Jordan, Saudi
Arabia, South
Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Ghana, Kenya, Costa
Rica, Colombia, Panama and Argentina.
To find out more, please see: www.jinkosolar.com
About GRID Alternatives
GRID Alternatives is a national leader in making clean,
affordable solar power and solar jobs accessible to low-income
communities and communities of color. Using a unique, people-first
model, GRID develops and implements solar projects that serve
qualifying households and affordable housing providers, while
providing hands-on job training. GRID has installed solar for more
than 13,000 families to-date, with a combined installed capacity of
more than 47MW, and helped households and housing providers save
$340 million in lifetime electricity
costs, while training nearly 40,000 people. GRID Alternatives has
nine regional offices and affiliates serving California, Colorado, the mid-Atlantic region, Tribal
communities nationwide, and powering off-grid communities in
Nicaragua, Nepal, and Mexico. For more information,
visit www.gridalternatives.org.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
Mr. Sebastian Liu
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
Tel: +86 21-5183-3056
Email: pr@jinkosolar.com
Sarah Bucci
GRID Alternatives
Tel: 720-452-5562
Email: bucci@gridalternatives.org
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