Trina Eyes 1.5-GW Solar Pipeline With Yemen Partner

• Trina Solar teams with Al-Raebi to develop Yemen’s utility-scale solar pipeline—up to 1.5 GW—assessing sites and solutions to boost reliable power and accelerate renewable expansion.

Trina Solar has signed a cooperation agreement with Yemen-based Al-Raebi for Trading and Solar Energy Systems Company to explore a utility-scale solar project pipeline in Yemen with potential capacity of up to 1.5 GW. The companies will assess prospective locations and technical solutions and identify future investment opportunities as part of the effort.

The initiative aims to support Yemen’s long-term efforts to expand access to reliable electricity using renewable energy. Yemen has strong solar resources but faces major generation and infrastructure challenges, and additional solar deployment could improve power availability while reducing reliance on conventional fuels. For Trina, the deal advances its international expansion through local partnerships.

What utility-scale solar pipeline could reach 1.5 GW in Yemen via Trina and Al-Raebi?

• The Trina Solar–Al-Raebi cooperation agreement creates a framework for building a utility-scale solar “pipeline” in Yemen that could total up to 1.5 GW, with the scope defined through site selection, grid/infrastructure screening, and project development planning.
  
• The pipeline is structured as a set of future solar power plants (rather than one single facility), allowing projects to be sized and scheduled in phases to match land availability, permitting timelines, and connection prospects.
  
• Project screening would typically prioritize areas with high solar irradiance, sufficient land footprint for utility-scale arrays, and realistic access to transmission or distribution tie-in points to support evacuation of power.
  
• Technical development would include evaluating design approaches (e.g., fixed-tilt vs. single-axis tracking where feasible), system sizing, local construction constraints, and the level of electrical works needed to integrate with Yemen’s existing network conditions.
  
• The partners’ work would also focus on defining investment-ready packages—such as preliminary engineering, bankability inputs, and location-specific documentation—to move projects from “prospects” to investable pipeline.
  
• Because Yemen’s power system faces frequent outages and infrastructure limitations, prospective projects would be screened for resilience features, including robust grid interface requirements and realistic operational assumptions for long-term availability.
  
• Where connection upgrades are constrained, the pipeline could consider phased delivery and interim configurations (within regulatory and technical limits) so development can proceed while enabling infrastructure improvements over time.
  
• The collaboration is positioned to support Trina’s overseas project development strategy through a local partner, with Al-Raebi contributing regional market access and on-the-ground coordination for project advancement.
• The 1.5 GW ceiling functions as a maximum target for the combined portfolio under the agreement, reflecting multiple project concepts that, once fully defined and financed, would collectively sum to that scale.