Aerial photo taken on Sept. 11, 2019 shows buildings of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL), in Ningde of east China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, announced on Thursday that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL) to jointly push forward the innovation and development of solar-plus-storage integrated solutions.
Under the agreement, the two parties will join hands to strengthen global solar-storage business collaboration, promote carbon neutrality of the industrial chains and develop solar-plus-storage integrated solutions.
Chen Kangping , CEO of JinkoSolar, said that the two companies will provide more effective solutions for global customers based on JinkoSolar's high-efficiency PV technology, global network and business operation model and CATL's advanced patented technologies in the field of energy storage and innovative models.
According to Chen, both parties will give full play to their respective advantages to promote the use of solar energy and build a new energy technology ecosystem.
Zhou Jia, president of CATL, expressed the hope that the two parties can effectively join forces to carry out comprehensive and in-depth cooperation in the field of solar-plus-storage integration, and create greater value for global customers. (Edited by Yang Yifan with Xinhua Silk Road, yangyifan@xinhua.org)