Yingli Green Energy together with its US subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Americas, has signed an agreement with Solyndra Residual Trust to settle an anti-trust and unfair trade practice lawsuit filed in the US District Court of Northern District of California.
According to the agreement, Yingli will make an immediate payment of $7.5m to Solyndra, and the lawsuit against Yingli will be dismissed with prejudice.
Solyndra will also release Yingli and all of its affiliates from any similar claims or allegations in the future.
If Yingli or any of its affiliates’ total solar panel sales to the U.S. and Canada equals or exceeds 800 megawatts (MW) in a single calendar year between 2016 and 2018, the Company will make an additional one-time payment of $10m to Solyndra.
Yingli chairman and CEO Liansheng Miao said: "While we continue to reject Solyndra’s claims as baseless, our team is satisfied with the settlement’s terms and we are pleased to conclude litigation."
"Looking forward, we will remain focused on our mission to bring Yingli’s high-performing PV technology to communities across the Americas that are eager to adopt affordable clean energy."