Jafferjee Bros and JLanka set up remarkable solar project

Sri Lanka’s leader in next generation energy technologies and solar PV systems, JLanka Technologies continues to disrupt the country’s conventional energy industry – in this case taking on a journey alongside one of Sri Lanka’s leading business conglomerates, the Jafferjee Brothers.

In this global village of a rapidly developing world, Jafferjee Brothers turned to the island’s premier in solar power solutions, JLanka Technologies in their process of contributing to the country’s sustainable growth by making use of renewable energy sources, JLanka said in a media release.

Jafferjee Brothers, that deals with an expanding international client base, has its’ manufacturing facilities deep-rooted in Sri Lanka. Having embarked on two major projects with JLanka Technologies, the Jafferjee Brothers have now mostly turned to solar power to meet its industrial energy requirements. Of the two projects that were carried out, one is to generate 594kW of power. A total of 1828 Trina Solar Panels of 325W power each alongside 19 Inverters of 27.6kW and 914 Optimisers of 700W were utilised to bring this project together. While this pro- ject is in itself an achievement, the second project is far more exquisite in terms of technology.

“Upon being briefed about the newest technology in the industry, it felt flawed to limit the project to the rudimentary solar PV systems. Alongside the guidance and support provided by the outstanding team at JLanka Technologies, we decided to initiate the use of the half cell technology, recently introduced by Trina Solar, for bold initiations is what paves way to the top,” said Sarath Jayathilake, General Manager of Renewable Energy Projects of Jafferjee Brothers.

For the first time ever in Sri Lanka the Half Cell technology introduced by Trina Solar was equipped in a project that turned out to be exceptional. The half cell technology is just as the name makes it seem. It is the generally used solar cell cut into two halves and connected in series. It’s a technology that has cut down on the electrical resistance of the ribbon while increasing its’ efficiency by 2 per cent. 2668 Trina Solar panels of 375W each of Half Cut technology and 34 Inverters of 27.6kW and 1334 Optimizers of 800W constituted the second installation.