Zhou Jia, president of CATL and Chen Kangping, JinkoSolar chief executive officer, attended the signing ceremony on behalf of both parties.
According to the agreement, the two parties will establish a long-term, stable and solid strategic partnership in areas such as global solar-plus-storage business development, the joint promotion of carbon neutrality of the industrial chain, and the joint innovation and development of solar-plus-storage integrated solutions.
“We’re excited to jointly develop the global solar-plus-storage market with CATL. Based on JinkoSolar’s high-efficiency PV technology, global layout and business operation model, combined with CATL’s advanced patented technologies in the field of energy storage and innovative models, the future will be promising and provide more excellent solutions for global customers. The two sides will give play to their respective advantages, integrate resources and synergize development, to build a new technology ecology and to promote the use of PV in the energy field in the future, thus contributing to the realization of carbon neutrality,” said Chen Kangping, CEO of Jinkosolar.
“Under the common goal of achieving carbon neutrality, we believe that both parties can take this opportunity to join forces and carry out comprehensive and in-depth cooperation in the field of solar-plus-storage integration, and create greater value for global customers by technology innovation and improving efficiency and optimizing costs. At the same time, the two companies will bring their industrial resources together to promote solar-plus-storage integration solutions in collaboration with industry partners, as well as optimize the carbon footprint and reduce carbon emissions to set the green industry benchmark,” Zhou Jia, president of CATL said.
Looking to the future, both parties are confident that they will be able to make use of their respective strengths in PV and energy storage, broaden the horizons of the solar-plus-storage industry, and innovate in multiple fields including technology R&D and business models, so as to provide more comprehensive new energy solutions for global customers and lead the industry to a new stage, thus accelerating the drive towards carbon neutrality.
