- LONGi and Shenzhen plan to solarise off-grid African communities with tailor-made solar products.
- The firms shared the best affordable solar power solutions practices for poverty alleviation.
LONGi Green Energy Technology has partnered with Shenzhen Power Solution to provide tailor-made solar products, including cells and modules, to off-grid African communities to help alleviate poverty and improve education. The firms signed the agreement during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 in Davos, Switzerland, with the theme “Rebuilding Trust”. Over 780 million people, about 10 per cent of the world’s population, live in off-grid regions, most in the Sub-Saharan Desert areas.
LONGi has been committed to reducing costs and improving solar power efficiency, which benefits countries seeking energy transition and is essential to underdeveloped regions to access green power. This partnership aligns with LONGi’s sustainable development concept “L-I-G-H-T,” initiated last year in Beijing. The Vice President of LONGi, Dennis She, said technological innovations in the solar power industry have offered solutions for the global energy transition.
The LONGi VP added, “Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG7) is key to achieving all United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for a more sustainable future. The decrease of solar power costs is the very foundation for energy equity at the global scale, especially to the underdeveloped regions.” Dennis She and the Chief Executive Officer of Shenzhen Power Solution, Li Xia, shared the best practices of affordable solar power solutions for poverty alleviation, especially for the population at the bottom of the economic pyramid.
Li Xia received the 2024 Schwab Foundation Social Innovation Awards “Social Entrepreneurs in Davos”. Li Xia was the only recipient from China this year and is the first Chinese woman to be honoured for this award. Power Solution, a professional off-grid solar home system manufacturer founded in 2009, has offered products in 66 countries and has helped over 7.8 million families, including 54 million in extreme poverty.