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In September, Jinko Solar signed a cooperation agreement with UpSolar. The agreements will see UpSolar provide module sales for Jinko in North America during the next three years totaling a general volume of 175MW.

Würzburg, Germany.--February 25th , 2010-- Following the establishment in May 2009 of a Representative Office in Germany, China-based Upsolar, an international supplier of monocrystalline and polycrystalline photovoltaic (PV) modules offering one of the global market’s best quality-to-price ratios, announced today the successful founding of Upsolar Germany GmbH along with the opening of its new offices at Bismarckstr. 14, 97070 Würzburg, Germany.

San Francisco, Calif.--October 20^th , 2009--Following the April 2009 founding of Upsolar America, Inc., China-based Upsolar, an international supplier of monocrystalline and polycrystalline photovoltaic (PV) modules offering one of the global market’s best quality-to-price ratios, announces the opening of its North American headquarters at The Pyramid Center, 600 Montgomery Street, Floor 45, San Francisco, CA.

Paris, France.--September 18, 2009-- Thanks to its strong partnership with its clients in Europe, Upsolar’s PV modules are now installed in the large projects in Belgium. Group Machiels NV, a well known Belgium corporation strongly involved in environment and waste management projects, is about to finalized a 4,7 MWp PV plant in Heusden-Zolder, the largest plant in the BeNeLux area so far, as well as another 1,5 MWp plant in Lommel. These two projects have been made possible with the participation of LRM Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij as strong institutional support and investor as well as IZEN NV PV engineering and installation Company.

Paris, France.--September 18, 2009-- Thanks to its strong partnership with its clients in Europe, Upsolar’s PV modules are now installed in large projects in Portugal. Grupo Generg, one of the Portugal’s leader in renewable energy project development, has invested 50 Million Euros in the construction of a solar central in Ferreira do Alentejo in South East Portugal. These 58 hectares of solar panels supplied by Upsolar will be sufficient to cover the energy needs of the 9,000 people village.

Paris, France.--September 18, 2009— In the process of continuously increasing its solar modules’ quality, Upsolar tests and inspects new materials and components in its own laboratory in Shanghai.
In line with this process, Upsolar has now decided to offer its customers the possibility to buy solar modules not only with Tyco, but also with Huber+Suhner junction boxes.