According to the company, customers under majority of those contracts were required to make prepayments to the company in order to ensure committed delivery in 2011.
Yingli Green Energy chairman and CEO Liansheng Miao said that this business milestone is expected to provide more visibility into the company’s 2011 growth and customer demand.
"We are answering increasing demand in new and emerging markets, including Italy, France, England, US and China," Miao said.
Yingli Green Energy is a solar energy company and its manufacturing covers the entire photovoltaic value chain, from the production of polysilicon through ingot casting and wafering to solar cell production and module assembly.