South Africa Is a Gigawatt a Year Market for China’s Trina Solar

China’s Trina Solar expects to annually supply South Africa with solar panels and equipment that can generate a gigawatt of power due to ongoing demand for large-scale projects, according to its regional director.

The company has supplied technology for photovoltaic projects with partners including EDF Renewables. It imported more than a gigawatt of equipment in the last 12 months, though demand has shifted among consumers in the most industrialized nation on the continent, Zaheer Khan, Trina’s southern Africa director said in an interview in Cape Town.