LONGi Solar executives and team members recently attended a
series of industry events focused on the North American market, including the
Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Future of
Energy Summit in New York, Greentech Media’s Solar Summit
2018 in California and MIREC Week in
Mexico.?
Furthering its commitment to international
collaboration and to leading the movement to high-efficiency solar modules, LONGi Solar executives met with business leaders, customers, partners, journalists and
analysts to discuss the next generation product the company is bringing the
North American market.
At the BNEF Future of Energy Summit – LONGi Solar’s
top leadership presented alongside strategic partners including DuPont and Sungrow
at various forums at the event. Ken Johnston, director of North American sales
at LONGi Solar (US), closed out the first day’s general program with a speech on “Next Generation Solution of
Solar and Renewable Energy.” Archie Flores, general manager at LONGi Solar (US),
spoke on a panel, “Thriving in the Downstream PV Market: Tools and Best
Practices From Solar Leaders.” The BNEF Summit is a premier invitation-only
global forum for energy, industry, finance and policy, and attracts market leaders
from across the world. At the Summit, LONGi?Solar hosted several VIP receptions
including a customer workshop, media meeting and dinner for invited guests.
Li
Zhenguo, president and founder of LONGi Green Energy Technology Co Ltd., emphasized
how advanced solar technological innovation can be used as a tool to improve
solar projects’ economics – view a video interview with Li Zhenguo at the
Summit here.
executives emphasized the importance of innovation in combating market
uncertainty. As the economics in the U.S.
solar industry constantly changes, LONGi Solar?helps combat market uncertainty by
improving the economics and reliability of solar technology through top-rate
innovation. The company’s impressive bankability and industry-leading
investments in research and development acted as strong points of
differentiation for LONGi Solar?and demonstrated the company’s determination to help
solar reach universal grid parity.
The impressive reduction in solar costs
continues to be a fascinating topic within North America, having acted as a
catalyst for project developers to reimagine solar economics and solar pricing
as compared to conventional fuels like natural gas.
Solar Summit 2018 in California focused on
the business of solar and offered a mix of market intelligence from leading
experts, including Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) CEO, Abby Hopper,
and ENGIE North America President and CEO, Frank Demaille. For LONGi Solar, a large
topic of conversation was the growing panel capacity in China and its role in
driving down solar economics. View a video interview with LONGi Solar’s Director of
Technical Marketing Hongbin Fang in this CGTN America piece
on the solar industry’s future.
team then went to MIREC Week in
Mexico, which acts as a marketplace for Mexico’s clean energy sector. For
markets such as Mexico with high solar radiation, LONGi Solar’s two-sided, bifacial
solar modules that capture more refracted light offer particularly greater
value to solar projects than conventional modules.?
The benefits that come from greater energy
yield are multifold – since project developers can get the same yield from
fewer panels, their labor, land and system costs are then reduced. LONGi?Solar is
confident that the North American market is quickly seeing high energy yield
products as the next frontier to improved solar economics and a great solution especially
during times of uncertainty.
Look for future presentations from the
LONGi
Solar executive team at Intersolar North America in San Francisco, California,
July 10 – 12, and Solar Power International in Anaheim, California, September
24 – 27.?