1. From your perspective, what makes North Africa and Egypt a strategic region for solar energy, and what major trends are currently driving growth and investment ?

North Africa offers one of the most compelling solar landscapes globally. The combination of high solar irradiation, vast desert land, and rapidly growing energy demand creates ideal conditions for large-scale solar deployment.

What strengthens the region’s strategic importance is its dual role: not only meeting rising domestic demand but also positioning itself as a future clean energy exporter—particularly toward Europe. Egypt, for example, is leveraging its geographic location and infrastructure to act as an energy hub linking Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.

Looking at the key market drivers, several factors stand out:

• Flagship utility-scale projects setting the pace: The success of Gega scale projects in North African countries has been a game-changer, proving that massive solar infrastructure in this region is a secure, high-yield investment. By attracting top-tier international financiers, these successes have set a gold standard that is now driving a wave of new investment across our neighboring borders.
• Government-led energy transition strategies: The transition toward a green energy mix is now a top-tier national priority across North Africa as means to manage rising energy costs and decarbonization. This is being spearheaded by dedicated national energy authorities that coordinate policy and execute the massive utility-scale tenders currently shaping the regional landscape.
• Expansion of private sector participation: The growth of IPP models and public-private partnerships is unlocking investment, with Egypt serving as a strong example of how regulatory frameworks can attract global players.
• Rising demand from commercial and industrial sectors: Businesses across the region are turning to solar to hedge against rising electricity prices and improve sustainability credentials, leading to steady growth in distributed generation.
• Integration with emerging sectors like green hydrogen: Egypt is actively developing green hydrogen projects along the Suez Canal corridor, where solar will be a key input to power electrolysis, reinforcing the broader regional trend.
• Infrastructure and interconnection development: Investments in grid expansion and regional interconnections—many anchored around Egypt’s network—are enabling higher renewable penetration and future export potential.

Overall, North Africa is moving rapidly from early-stage adoption to a more mature, investment-ready solar market. The region is well positioned to scale deployment, attract sustained capital, and play a meaningful role in the global energy transition.

2. How does Jinko Solar leverage innovation and R&D to address the specific climatic, grid, and infrastructure needs of the North African and Egyptian markets?

In the North African markets, where “innovation” must translate into surviving 50°C heat and intense desert dust, we leverage our R&D to ensure that our technology remains the highest-yielding asset in a developer’s portfolio.

As of 2026, Tiger Neo 3.0 is our primary answer to these challenges. Here is how its specific features address regional needs:

1. Conquering the Heat: Optimized Temperature Coefficient

In Egypt’s deserts or the Algerian Sahara, cell temperatures can easily exceed 60°C. Most panels lose significant power under these conditions.

• Tiger Neo 3.0 Advantage: We have further optimized the temperature coefficient to -0.26%/°C.

This industry-leading metric means that for every degree above standard testing conditions, our modules maintain higher power retention than any other technology. This ensures a more stable and reliable yield in high-temperature zones compared to other technologies or older N-type models.

2. Capitalizing on Desert Albedo: High Bifaciality

North Africa’s vast sandy terrains provide an incredible opportunity for rear-side energy generation due to high ground reflectivity.

• Tiger Neo 3.0 Advantage: Our N-type TOPCon technology achieves an industry-leading bifaciality factor of 85±5%.

Unlike some alternative technologies that sacrifice rear-side performance, Tiger Neo 3.0 maximizes the energy harvested from the desert floor. This ensures that utility-scale projects in the region achieve a superior LCOE by capturing reflected sunlight that would otherwise be lost.

3. Long-Term Reliability: Industry-Leading Degradation

Extreme UV radiation and thermal cycling in North African deserts can accelerate the aging of solar cells.

• Tiger Neo 3.0 Advantage: Our N-type TOPCon technology ensures an ultra-low annual power degradation of only 0.35% over a 30-year period.

By guaranteeing higher performance longevity, we provide the long-term asset security that international financiers and local developers require. In the harsh climate, this 0.35% degradation rate ensures that the project continues to meet its generation targets and financial forecasts decades after commissioning.

4. Maximizing the Solar Window: Low-Light Performance

While North Africa is famous for its sun, the “shoulder hours” of early morning and late afternoon are critical for grid stability.

• Tiger Neo 3.0 Advantage: Jinko Solar 3.0 TOPCon cells exhibit exceptional low-light performance compared to conventional modules.

Our modules begin generating power earlier in the day and continue later into the evening. This extended generation window helps regional grid operators manage load more effectively and increases the total daily productivity of the plant.

5. Infrastructure Efficiency: High Power Density

Logistics and mounting costs can be a significant hurdle in remote desert locations where infrastructure is limited.

• Tiger Neo 3.0 Advantage: By pushing cell & module efficiency to record levels, reaching 24.8% module efficiency, we deliver higher wattage in a smaller footprint.

Delivering more power per module reduces Balance of System (BOS) costs. This means fewer trackers, less cabling, and less land preparation are required to reach the target megawatt capacity, making it the strategic choice for large-scale infrastructure as well as distributed generation projects.

3. How important are local partnerships for Jinko Solar in expanding its footprint across Egypt and North Africa?

Local partnerships are one of the most critical pillars of our growth strategy in North Africa, they directly shape how effectively we can serve the markets.

At Jinko Solar, we approach partnerships at all levels to ensure delivery of the best value to each and every market.

We build strategic partnerships across the full value chain of stakeholders. This includes regulators, utilities, financiers, developers, EPCs, and distributors. Solar market development is not driven by a single actor; it requires alignment across policy, financing, execution, and long-term operations. By engaging early and consistently with all stakeholders, we ensure smoother project development, stronger bankability, and better alignment with national energy goals.

We partner with the best, experienced distributors to ensure the fastest delivery and full market coverage. North Africa is a geographically vast and logistically complex region. Working with established distribution partners allows us to maintain efficient supply chains, reduce lead times, and guarantee product availability across key markets. These partners also play an important role in ensuring product authenticity, technical support, and accessibility for all market segments.

We maintain strong market partnerships with EPC contractors and project developers. These players are at the core of project execution, and our collaboration with them is highly technical and solution-oriented. We actively focus on supporting them with our latest high-efficiency technologies as well as engineering support all over the project development and implementation phases. This ensures optimal system performance and project success under the region’s challenging environmental conditions.

By strengthening relationships across all stakeholders, we ensure that our technology is effectively deployed, well-supported, and fully aligned with the long-term growth of the North African solar market.