World-leading
vertically integrated photovoltaic modules manufacturer Yingli Green Energy (Yingli
Solar) recently announced the company’s plans to leave a sustainable legacy in
Brazil.
Yingli
Solar’s plans include becoming the first ever carbon neutral sponsor of the
FIFA World Cup, and supplying 400 to 600 kW for a solar legacy project in
Brazil that is expected to be among the largest solar energy systems in the
country.
Judy
Lee, Yingli's Vice President of Global Marketing, Markus Vlasits, Country
Manager of Yingli Green Energy Brazil, Thierry Weil, FIFA Director of Marketing,
and Federico Addiechi, Head of FIFA Corporate Social Responsibility addressed
the media and explained these initiatives at the press conference in Rio de
Janeiro.
Yingli
has been working with FIFA to leave solar legacies in the host countries of the
FIFA World Cup competition since 2010 when the company became the first renewable
energy sponsor and the first Chinese sponsor. The Company provided customised
solar solutions to 20 ‘Football for Hope’ centres all over Africa through the ‘Football
for Hope, Energy for Hope’ program, focused on improving the social environment
for disadvantaged children in Africa even after the FIFA World Cup.
As the
first carbon neutral sponsor in FIFA World Cup history, Yingli Solar will be developing
one of the largest solar energy installations in Brazil, a project chosen
jointly by FIFA and Yingli as an official CSR project of the 2014 FIFA World
Cup.
Mr
Vlasits from Yingli explains that their solar legacy project will not only be
an important legacy of the FIFA World Cup, but will also be a boon to the
country's emerging solar energy industry.
According
to Ms Lee from Yingli, as the world's largest solar panel provider and
renewable energy partner to FIFA, Yingli Solar will utilise their expertise to
leave a positive legacy in the host countries of Africa and Brazil, with the
joint projects continuing to serve the community and the environment well into
the future.
