Trina Solar Announces Sales and Marketing Collaboration Agreement with Spanish Premier...

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Tue Aug 5, 2008 7:30am EDT

Trina Solar Announces Sales and Marketing Collaboration Agreement with Spanish
Premier League Football Team RCD Espanyol

CHANGZHOU, China, Aug. 5 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trina Solar
Limited (NYSE: TSL, "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 an
agreement to supply photovoltaic (PV) modules for a new stadium being built by
the Spanish Premier League football team Real Club Deportivo Espanyol de
Barcelona ("Espanyol").
    Under this agreement, Trina Solar will supply Espanyol with 500 kW of PV
modules for the construction of a roof-top PV installation for the club's new
stadium in Barcelona, which is scheduled for completion in late 2008. Trina
Solar will become an official sponsor with its logo placed on the team's
official game and practice jerseys for the next three seasons, extending
through July of 2011. The Company's marketing rights also include logo
placements at various high exposure areas throughout the planned 40,000 seat
stadium and rooftop, which has been called "the most modern stadium in Spain."
    "We are truly excited to have reached this agreement to participate in
both the construction of the new stadium and uniform sponsorship of a historic
and well-known football team," said Jifan Gao, Trina Solar's Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer. "We believe the selection of Trina Solar reflects our
well-recognized brand in Spain, which remains an important long-term growth
market for our products."
    Said Adolfo Bara, the club's Marketing and Sales Director, "For Espanyol
it is a great opportunity to work together with a large multinational company
like Trina Solar, who has a strong commitment on new technologies and
renewable energies. It is very important for us that a leader in the solar
sector believes in our project."
    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 RCD Espanyol:
    RCD Espanyol de Barcelona is one of the most historical and important
Football clubs in Spain's "La Liga." The team was founded originally in 1900
as Sociedad Espanola de Football by a club of university students keen to play
a new sport that had recently been imported from England. Originally named
Sociedad Espanola de Football, the club became Reial Club Deportivo Espanyol
in 1912, when King Alfonso XIII bestowed the "royal" title upon the club.
Further information about RCD Espanyol is available at the team's website at
http://www.rcdespanyol.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
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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
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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.
    For more information, please contact:

    Trina Solar Limited
     Terry Wang, CFO
     Tel:   +86-519-8548-2008 (Changzhou)

     Thomas Young, Director of Investor Relations
     Tel:   +86-519-8548-2008 (Changzhou)
     Email: ir@trinasolar.com

    CCG Elite Investor Relations
     Crocker Coulson, President
     Tel:   +1-646-213-1915
     Email: crocker.coulson@ccgir.com

     Ed Job, CFA
     Tel:   +1-646-213-1914
     Email: ed.job@ccgir.com

SOURCE  Trina Solar Limited

Terry Wang, CFO, +86-519-8548-2008 (Changzhou); Or Thomas Young, Director of
Investor Relations, +86-519-8548-2008 (Changzhou), or ir@trinasolar.com, both
of Trina Solar Limited; Or Crocker Coulson, President, +1-646-213-1915, or
crocker.coulson@ccgir.com; Or Ed Job, CFA, +1-646-213-1914, or
ed.job@ccgir.com, both of CCG Elite Investor Relations for TSL
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