LONGi Defies Gravity With Record Revenue, Profit, and Module Shipments in First Half 2020

PV TechAugust 31, 2020806

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LONGi, a lead solar wafer producer, has defied the solar industry downturn due to COVID-19. LONGi defied the odds and set record revenue, profit, and solar module shipments in the first half of 2020.

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LONGi Defies Gravity With Record Revenue, Profit, and Module Shipments in First Half 2020

Leading monocrystalline solar wafer producer and ‘ Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, LONGi Green Energy has defied the downward pricing pressure on its core solar wafer business and weak global demand, driven by the impact of COVID-19 on the solar industry supply chain to report record revenue, profit, and solar module shipments in the first half of 2020

LONGi reported first-half 2020 operating income (revenue) of RMB 20.141 billion (US$2.933 billion) a new record for a six-month period and a new quarterly record in Q2 of RMB 11.54 billion (US$1.68 billion). The operating income was 42.73% higher than in the prior year period.

Revenue generated within China totalled RMB 12.487 billion (US$1.818 billion), accounting for 62% of total revenue. Overseas revenue was RMB 7.654 billion (US$1.114 billion), accounting for 38% of the total.

Ignoring multiple solar wafer pricing reductions throughout the reporting period, LONGi posted record net profits of RMB 4,116 billion (US$599.57 million), which were 104.83% higher than in the first half of 2019. 

LONGi said that continued solar wafer capacity expansions, coupled to a rapid shift in demand towards large-area solar wafer sizes (166mm x 166mm) partially offset ASP trends and the demand impacts. 

The solar company reported external monocrystalline solar wafer sales of RMB 2.469 billion (US$359.62 million), a year-on-year increase of 14.98%, and self-use solar wafers totalling RMB 1.489 billion (US$216.88 million). 

With the shift to larger solar wafers, demand for high-efficiency monocrystalline solar modules using larger solar wafers led to an external sales volume of 6,578MW in the first half of 2020, an increase of 106.04% from the prior year period, setting a new shipment record. 

Solar modules used in its solar panel installation business were 222MW in the reporting period and the company sold monocrystalline solar cells totalling 338MW to external customers.

Manufacturing update

LONGi said that its annual production capacity for monocrystalline silicon solar wafers reached approximately 55GW by the end of the first half of 2020. Monocrystalline silicon solar wafer output reached approximately 4.400 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 54.14%. 

Monocrystalline solar module production capacity reached about 25GW at the end of the reporting period, while production output reached 8,002MW, a year-on-year increase of 124.59%.

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