{"id":27267,"date":"2019-01-21T07:37:08","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T21:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=27267"},"modified":"2019-03-04T20:01:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T09:31:12","slug":"risen-longi-solar-records-mb0906","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/risen-longi-solar-records-mb0906\/","title":{"rendered":"New World Record Claims From Longi Solar And Risen Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/longi-solar-risen-energy.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/longi-solar-risen-energy-1024x597.png\" alt=\"Longi Solar and Risen Energy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/longi-solar-risen-energy-1024x597.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/longi-solar-risen-energy-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/longi-solar-risen-energy-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/longi-solar-risen-energy.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two of the world&#8217;s solar panel manufacturing heavyweights have announced PERC technology related world record claims over the past week.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Longi Solar &#8211; Monocrystalline PERC Cell Record<\/h2>\n<p>Last week China&#8217;s Longi Solar said it had achieved a new monocrystalline silicon PERC<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/risen-longi-solar-records-mb0906\/#en-27267-1' id='enref-27267-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(27267)'>1<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0 world record conversion efficiency using a standard sized cell (156.75\u00d7156.75mm). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miragenews.com\/longi-solar-sets-new-bifacial-mono-perc-solar-cell-world-record-at-2406-percent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It says<\/a> according to tests carried out by China&#8217;s National Center of Supervision and Inspection on Solar Photovoltaic Product Quality (CPVT), a conversion efficiency of 24.06% was achieved.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis is the first time that the efficiency of monocrystalline PERC solar cells in commercial dimensions have exceeded 24%,\u201d said Longi Solar Vice President of Cell R&amp;D,\u00a0 Dr. Li Hua.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The new record is the latest in a string for the company, some of which we&#8217;ve previously reported on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/longi-solar-bifacial-mb0356\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/longi-solar-record-mb0432\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 2000, Longi Solar claims it is the largest supplier of monocrystalline silicon wafers in the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/longi-solar-panels\/\">Longi arrived in Australia<\/a> back in 2017. Of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/longi-solar-panels\/\">Longi Solar panel reviews<\/a> we&#8217;ve collected here on SQ so far, they&#8217;ve generally been very positive. The company is currently included on SQ&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar-brands-trust.html\">trusted brands chart<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Risen Energy &#8211; Monocrystalline PERC Panel Record<\/h2>\n<p>Risen Energy announced last week its J\u00c4GER HP module conversion efficiency was tested and certified by independent third-party institute T\u00fcV-S\u00fcD to have reached &#8220;up to 21%&#8221; conversion efficiency, which <a href=\"http:\/\/risenenergy.com\/index.php?c=show&amp;id=349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it says<\/a> &#8220;rewrites the world record book of PERC module conversion efficiency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The J\u00c4GER HP is a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/half-cut-solar-cells-panels\/\">half-cut<\/a>&#8221; (aka twin cell or split cell) type solar panel. Risen says the panel has obtained the \u201cTier 1 Top Runner\u201d certificate &#8211; you can learn more about China&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/chinas-top-runner-program\/\">Top Runner program here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Risen Energy has a significant presence in Australia both in terms of small- and large-scale solar energy. The Australian arm of Risen Energy acquired the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/yarranlea-solar-risen-energy-mb0593\/\">Yarranlea Solar Farm<\/a> project last year, a 121MW power station that will feature approximately 400,000 of the company&#8217;s panels. Risen says it has been supplying panels to the Australian market since 2008 and claims it was the seventh largest PV module supplier in 2017 globally.<\/p>\n<p>As with Longi, Australian customer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/risen-review.html\">reviews of Risen Energy solar panels<\/a> have generally been quite favourable. These reviews are submitted by owners who have had their panels installed for at least 12 months. Risen Energy also appears on SolarQuotes&#8217; trusted brands chart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two of the world&#8217;s solar panel manufacturing heavyweights have announced PERC technology related world record claims over the past week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":27268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New World Record Claims From Longi Solar And Risen Energy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Two of the world&#039;s solar panel manufacturing heavyweights have announced PERC technology related world record claims over the past week.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/risen-longi-solar-records-mb0906\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New World Record Claims From Longi Solar And Risen Energy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two of the world&#039;s solar panel manufacturing heavyweights have announced PERC technology related world record claims over the past week.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/risen-longi-solar-records-mb0906\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-20T21:07:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-03-04T09:31:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/longi-solar-risen-energy.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/risen-longi-solar-records-mb0906\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/risen-longi-solar-records-mb0906\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"New World Record Claims From Longi Solar And Risen Energy\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-20T21:07:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-03-04T09:31:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/risen-longi-solar-records-mb0906\/\"},\"wordCount\":416,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/risen-longi-solar-records-mb0906\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/longi-solar-risen-energy.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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