BAODING, China, and
SAN FRANCISCO, June 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Yingli Green Energy
Holding Company Limited ("Yingli") (NYSE: YGE)*, one of the world's
leading solar panel manufacturers, today announced that its wholly
owned subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Americas ("Yingli Americas"),
has been chosen again as a Preferred Supplier to Vivint Solar
(NYSE: VSLR) in 2015.
"We, as Vivint Solar, are excited to continue our relationship
with Yingli," said Jan Newman, Vice
President of Business Development at Vivint Solar. "Yingli provides
great products and has been a beneficial supplier to Vivint Solar
this past year and we are glad to continue working with them moving
forward."
"With the U.S. residential solar market poised to reach nearly 3
gigawatts by the end of 2016, we are thrilled to expand our
partnership with Vivint Solar, one of the nation's top home solar
companies," commented Mr. Robert
Petrina, Managing Director of Yingli Americas. "We value our
true partnership with Vivint and their dedicated team. Through this
renewed supply agreement, we are helping to drive job creation in
the flourishing American solar marketplace, as well as solidifying
Yingli's position as a leading PV supplier."
*Yingli Green Energy
Holding Company is also known as "Yingli Green Energy" and markets
its products under the brand name "Yingli
Solar."
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About Vivint Solar
Vivint Solar is a leading provider of distributed solar
energy -- electricity
generated by a solar energy system installed at a customer's
location -- to residential
customers in the United States.
Vivint Solar's customers pay little to no money upfront, receive
significant savings relative to utility generated electricity and
continue to benefit from guaranteed energy prices over the 20-year
term of their contracts. Vivint Solar finances, designs, installs,
monitors and services the solar energy systems to make things easy
for its customers. For more information, visit
www.vivintsolar.com or follow @VivintSolar.
About Yingli Green Energy
Yingli 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 30 regional
subsidiaries and branch offices and has distributed more than 13 GW
solar panels to customers worldwide. For more information, please
visit www.yinglisolar.com and join the conversation on
Facebook, Twitter and Weibo.
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For further information, please contact:
In China
Qing Miao
Vice President of Corporate Communications
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited
Tel: +86 312 8929787
E-mail: ir@yingli.com
In the Americas:
Tori
Clifford
Director of Marketing
Yingli Green Energy Americas Inc.
Tel: +1 415 728 0472
Email: tori.clifford@yingliamericas.com
In Europe:
Carolin Stahler
Marketing Communications
Manager Europe
Yingli Green Energy Europe GmbH
Email: carolin.staehler@yingli.com
SOURCE Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited