Luoxi Photovoltaic Solar Power Generation Company

Is Longi still a dominant solar company?

As dominant as Longi might appear, no one stays on top of the solar industry for long. Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. was the world’s biggest maker of solar panels as recently as 2013, but aggressive borrowing to fund new production combined with a plunge in solar equipment prices drove it to the brink of collapse.

Why did China promote the solar PV industry?

The solar PV industry (as well as wind power) was supported and promoted with the explicit aim to create a leader in the global renewable energy market and to export equipment made in China to the promising solar markets in Europe and in USA. China’s government wanted to take its export-oriented, “factory of the world” economy to the next level.

How has Suntech Power impacted China's solar industry?

Suntech Power has had the strongest impact and role model function on the whole of China’s solar industry development, triggering the formation of a world leading industry sector. Suntech was founded in 2001 by Zhengrong Shi, a Chinese PhD returnee from the University of New Southwales who returned to China in 2000.

Where is Xi'an's solar power plant?

A solar power plant nestled in the mountains near Xi'an, China. The solar supply chain is punishingly cheap, and Longi dominates it like no one else. On a recent morning in central China, workers in blue jumpsuits and white masks placed clamps around a bar of shiny metal and fed it into a powerful cutting machine.