On the roof of the world, sunlight has the strongest penetrating power. It sweeps over snow-capped peaks, illuminates river valleys, and is now lighting up vast, deep-blue photovoltaic seas. At a high-altitude dialogue that gathered the attention of Chinese and foreign government officials and enterprises, representatives from Yingli Solar shared the story of this Chinese PV pioneer's two-decade-long "bond forged by sunlight" with Tibet. From delivering "solar power on yaks' backs" to herders, to constructing modern PV power stations at altitudes of several thousand meters, Yingli's footprint traces the trajectory of a company deeply engaged in national strategies and serving frontier development, but also proves the stature of "Chinese PV" to the world with its reliable quality, tested and tempered in extreme environments.
The Snowy Plateau, with its drastic day-night temperature variations, intense ultraviolet radiation, and complex terrain and climate, poses challenges to product durability and system stability. As early as the industry's infancy, Yingli Solar set its sights on this land closest to the sun, viewing it not merely as a market, but as a commitment to improve people's livelihoods and protect the ecology with clean energy. From donating independent PV systems to solve herders' basic electricity needs, to implementing a series of "Sunshine Plans" that lit up thousands of households, to successfully putting Tibet's first commercialized PV production line into operation, Yingli's every step has been rooted in actual needs. In recent years, in Shigatse, Lhasa, and Ngari, high-altitude PV power stations involving Yingli Solar have been successively connected to the grid. These are not only benchmarks for the innovative "PV + pastoralism" model but also silent testimonies to the exceptional environmental adaptability of Yingli modules and the company's project execution capabilities.
At the All-Energy International Exhibition in Melbourne, Australia, tailored to the country's diverse climatic and geographical environments—from the scorching northern deserts to the humid southern coasts—Yingli Solar showcased smart energy solutions deeply integrated with localized insights. This shares the same technical logic as overcoming high-altitude cold and strong UV radiation in Tibet, both demonstrating the powerful scalability and resilience of its core technology platform in facing diverse and extreme climates.
In another project on the Western Sichuan Plateau, also exceeding 4,000 meters in altitude, "Yingli Speed" once set a record admired by the industry: navigating complex geological conditions and harsh weather during a tight construction window to safely, punctually, and undamagedly deliver tens of thousands of PV modules to the project site. This capability, akin to the execution power demonstrated in completing complex projects under the harsh conditions of the Tibetan Plateau, together forms the cornerstone of long-term customer trust and is the root of its solid, over-a-decade-long cooperation with numerous large central and state-owned enterprises.
Yingli Solar's journey is a condensed history of the struggles of China's photovoltaic industry. It began with the industrial aspiration of serving the nation through technology, flourished through an obsessive commitment to product quality and reliability, and succeeded through a profound grasp of global energy transition trends. Looking back and gazing forward from this new height, the lamps lit by Yingli PV modules on the Snowy Plateau and the gigawatt-scale power stations it promotes worldwide connect to form the same warm and bright band of light. This light illuminates the inherent purpose of clean energy benefiting humanity and heralds the path of a leading enterprise revitalizing the nation through industry and illuminating the world with light.
