Trina has agreed to buy a 90% stake in Yunnan Metallurgical New Energy Co. (YMNE), which will begin construction by the end of September at a 300MW project in southern Yunnan, a natural resource-rich province bordering Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar.

The stake was put up for auction by YMNE’s three parent companies – Yunnan Metallurgical Group Co., Kunming Yeyan New Material Co.,