JinkoSolar signs MOU with Andalay Solar

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  JinkoSolar will begin offering the new modules to customers in the second half of 2015. Image: JinkoSolar

PV company JinkoSolar has agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with solar power system integrator Andalay Solar, in which JinkoSolar will license and develop PV modules while utilising Andalay’s Instant Connect frame technology.

JinkoSolar is planning to offer the new modules to customers in the second half of 2015. The company will also sell a 60-cell polycrystalline solution fitted with a black Andalay frame. The new solution has already passed the UL1703 Type 1 Fire Classification.

Nigel Cockroft, general manager of JinkoSolar (U.S.), said: "We have been rapidly expanding our sales in the U.S. residential market this year, and we are very optimistic that the differentiated solution presented by the Andalay compatible modules will support our growth. With the current trend and success of rail-less mounting hardware in the residential segment, we are pleased to provide our customers with more options, such as the Andalay compatible solution, for mounting JinkoSolar modules on their roofs."

JinkoSolar is set to showcase the new modules at Intersolar North America, which will be held in San Francisco from July 14-16.

Steven Chan, president and CEO of Andalay Solar, added: “It is a huge step forward for Andalay to have JinkoSolar agree to produce Andalay compatible modules and showcase it at Intersolar North America. We believe that this will accelerate the adoption of Andalay mounting hardware as an industry standard within the U.S. residential solar market, as more of Jinko's residential solar customers sign on to the benefits of the Andalay system: faster, easier and simpler installations.”