The company was founded in 1997 by Jifan Gao. In June 2020, Trina Solar listed on the STAR Market of
Shanghai Stock Exchange. A 2023 report by
Sheffield Hallam University stated that Trina Solar had very high exposure to production in
Xinjiang involving
forced Uyghur labor. In August 2023, the
U.S. Department of Commerce ruled that Trina Solar circumvented tariffs on Chinese-made goods. In November 2024, Trina Solar sold its plant in Texas to T1 Energy a week after it opened amid government scrutiny of Chinese companies that benefited from the
Inflation Reduction Act. ==References==