On October 4, 2018, LONGi
Solar
renewed its strategic cooperation with the University of New South Wales (‘UNSW’),
a world renowned university with a globally leading photovoltaic research
institution.. Warwick Dawson, Director of Knowledge Exchange Division of
Enterprise and Professor CheeMun Chong of UNSW and Vice President Tang Xuhui of
LONGi Solar signed the contract in a private press conference held as part of
All Energy in Melbourne, Australia.
LONGi
Solar started cooperation
with the UNSW as early as November 2015
when both parties reached a strategic partnership on technology R&D and
industrialization, and personnel training. In August 2017, the strategic
partnership was renewed to further strengthen LONGi Solar’s technology
leadership in the photovoltaic industry.
Director Warwick Dawson
said:” Our cooperation with LONGi
Solar in the past few years has
achieved remarkable results, and we are honored to witness the determination
for globalization and passion for technology of LONGi
Solar as a global leading solar
technology company. UNSW will continue to exchange advanced lab technologies
with enterprises to accelerate the application of technologies to production
lines.”
Mr.
Tang Xuhui added: “The cooperation is of
great significance to both sides, and will also promote the in-depth exchange
of PV technologies between Australia and China.. The PV industry is driven by
technology. LONGi
Solar has always attached great importance to scientific
research. Through close cooperation with
UNSW,we have made great strides in innovations that
contributes high efficiency technology solutions to the industry, brings high
yield PV products to end users and accelerates the progress of PV grid parity.”
LONGi
Solar and UNSW have carried
out extensive communication and cooperation. A recent result of the partnership
is light-induced regeneration (LIR) technology - a monocrystalline low LID
solution - which was jointly released by
LONGi
Solar and UNSW in Shanghai on April 20, 2017.. The technology completely solved
the initial LID phenomenon and leads to higher capacity and lower LCOE of
monocrystalline module systems..
In addition to the
cooperation with UNSW, LONGi Solar actively participates in the Australian PV
market with high-efficiency monocrystalline products since October 2016, With
reliable products and backed by strong financial health, LONGi
Solar has developed
rapidly in Australia and established strong relationships in large-scale power
stakeholders, EPCs and local distributors. In a short two years, LONGi
Solar has
deployed its high efficiency monocrystalline modules in Queensland, New South
Wales, and Victoria.. LONGi
Solar plans to export more than 50% of its module
products to overseas markets by 2020, and Australia is an important
destination.