BAODING, China and MADRID, Spain, May 18,
2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Yingli Green Energy Holding
Company Ltd. ("Yingli" or "Yingli
Solar") (NYSE:YGE), one of the world's leading solar panel
manufacturers, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary,
Yingli Green Energy Spain, S.L.U ("Yingli
Spain") has signed a partnership agreement with ECrowd!, an
online platform for the collective financing of profitable
investments, in order to give more facilities to its clients when
it comes to financing a project.
With this agreement, Yingli Spain
will offer its clients the services of ECrowd! to extend the
benefits by offering financing services for self-consumption
photovoltaic projects. Yingli's purpose is to offer the access to
loans for the collective financing of distributed generation
photovoltaic projects through ECrowd!'s platform.
"This agreement strengthens Yingli' distributed generation
strategy approach by increasing the added value of our services
scopes. The financial support on this segment of the PV industry
will be critical for success," said
Mr. Fernando Calisalvo, the Managing
Director of Yingli Spain.
"We're very proud to collaborate with Yingli and add value to
their offering through our innovative financing platform," commented Matthieu van Haperen, CEO
ECrowd!, the company has emerged as the leading collaborative
finance platform for sustainable projects such as photovoltaic
installations.
About Yingli Green Energy
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE), known
as "Yingli Solar", is one of the
world's leading solar panel manufacturers. Yingli's manufacturing
covers the photovoltaic value chain from ingot casting and wafering
through solar cell production and solar panel assembly.
Headquartered in Baoding, China,
Yingli has more than 20 regional subsidiaries and branch offices
and has distributed more than 17GW solar panels to customers
worldwide. For more information, please visit www.yinglisolar.com
and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and
Weibo.
About ECrowd!
ECrowd! (https://www.ecrowdinvest.com) is the online platform
for the collective financing of profitable investments with a
positive impact on society and the environment. We put in direct
contact to projects that need a loan with investors who look to
diversify with a greater yield. In addition, investing directly in
these projects contributes to the real economy and a more
sustainable world.
For further information, please contact:
Eric Pan
Investor Relations
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited
Tel: +86 312 8929787
E-mail: ir@yingli.com
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