by Brianna Crandall — October 19, 2012—JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., a global solar power product manufacturer, recently announced that it has donated 15kW of solar panels to three local elementary schools located in Chengduo County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. Completed in mid-October, the solar photovoltaic (PV) system will reportedly provide enough power to meet the schools’ basic electricity needs. In addition, hundreds of books, clothing, computers and other necessary supplies donated by Jinko employees have already been delivered to the schools in time for the start of the school year.
The installation demonstrates the value of solar power in mountainous climates and other areas with limited access to the electric grid. With an elevation above 4000 meters, the prefecture does not have complete access to the national grid and therefore suffers chronic power outages.
Following the 2010 Yushu Earthquake that hit the region, the application of solar power is a quick and dependable solution to improve the population’s quality of life, says JinkoSolar, and will “greatly improve the learning environment for Yushu’s children, who are the future of the area’s development.” In order to accelerate the installation, engineers from JinkoSolar visited the schools several times to ensure that the most optimal system is installed.
JinkoSolar has built a vertically integrated solar product value chain with a reported integrated annual capacity of approximately 1.2 GW each for silicon wafers, solar cells and solar modules as of June 30, 2012. JinkoSolar distributes its photovoltaic products to a diversified customer base in the global PV market, including in Germany, Italy, Belgium, Spain, the United States, France, Eastern Europe, China and other countries and regions.
