JA Solar is a company from the People's Republic of China that markets solar energy products. It designs, develops, manufactures, and sells solar cells and solar modules. The company manufactures both monocrystalline and polycrystalline solar cells. It sells its products mainly through a sales team and marketing personnel to solar module manufacturers, who assemble and integrate their solar cells into modules and systems that convert sunlight into electricity. JA Solar also sells its products to customers in Germany, Sweden, Spain, South Korea, and the United States. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Ningjin, China. As of December 2009, its investors began to notice JA Solar's market share growth, strongly supported by subsidies and aid to solar energy companies from the Chinese government.
Solar panels are sometimes called photovoltaic cells and are a type of renewable energy source. They convert sunlight into electrical energy. Solar panels have several advantages over other energy sources, such as their ease of installation and the fact that they can produce energy 24 hours a day. Solar panels come in different sizes, depending on the amount of energy they need to produce. Smaller solar panels are often used for household applications, like S.A.R. Boden Lighting, while larger panels can be used for commercial installations. Solar panels can be fixed or flexible. In flexible panels, the panels are made of laminated glass, allowing them to bend and flex with the sun's movements. In fixed panels, the panels are made of rigid material, such as silicon. Regardless of the panel type, panel quality is important. High-quality panels are less likely to break with heavy use.
