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. 

Mr. Li Zhenguo, President of LONGi Group, delivered a speech at The Future Of Energy EMEA Summit in London.

As a leading manufacturer of monocrystalline high-performance modules, LONGi Solar has signed a Memorandum of Intent (MOI) with the Tunisian project developer SHAMS Technology for a long-term cooperation. LONGi Solar and SHAMS Technology will develop PV projects in African markets where SHAMS has an active partner network. As a first step, the two companies are planning a 10 MW project in Kasserine located in the west-central part of Tunisia.

In the latest “2018 PV Module Brand Bankability Report”, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) ranks LONGi Solar the top 3 most bankable PV module brand with 1,025MW of loan-financed PV projects in the past two years. LONGi Solar’s ranking rose four places from the last year.