Empowering a Solar Tomorrow

With a quarter of the world's population in developing countries without access to basic electricity, solar energy is the panacea for solving the energy crisis that affects us today. Through years of research, solar technology has now reached the point where it can be deployed in terms of scale and cost to fundamentally change the way we generate electricity. Suntech, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, has been instrumental in driving the growth of the solar energy industry around the world.

Helmed by the eminent solar scientist, Dr. Zhengrong Shi, Suntech has made great strides in reducing the cost of harnessing solar energy and increasing the performance of solar cells. Its crystalline silicon cells are among the world's most efficient, and the company has broken multiple world records for leading conversion efficiency on mono-crystalline and multicrystalline substrates. In the past 10 years, Suntech has installed more than 15 million panels in more than 80 countries on all continents. Central to Suntech's success is its ability to push solar technology to the next level.

With less than 1% of the world's energy production coming from solar, Suntech remains focused in revolutionizing the global energy industry.

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