Longi Solar vs A.B. Energy - solar panel manufacturer comparison
Longi Solar has the broader catalog (255 vs 0 models). Longi Solar leans bifacial (40% of lineup).
Both catalogues are read from the manufacturers' own datasheets. A brand is not scored against the market here, only against the other brand on this page.
The two companies
LONGi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd. is a world-leading solar technology company that manufactures monocrystalline silicon wafers and modules. The company is committed to providing high-efficiency and reliable clean energy solutions for large-scale power plants, various industries, and households. LONGi aims to be...
- Founded
- 2000
- Headquarters
- Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
- Annual capacity
- 85-90 GW/year
- Employees
- 37,853
- Tier 1 bankable
- Yes
ABO Energy is a renewable energy company that develops and constructs renewable energy projects, focusing on wind, solar, and storage facilities. They offer turnkey solutions and have connected several gigawatts of nominal output to the grid. The company is active internationally and is committed to driving the energy...
- Founded
- 1996
- Headquarters
- Wiesbaden, Germany
- Employees
- 1,400
Catalogue against catalogue
An average over a catalogue describes the range a manufacturer publishes, not the module you would buy. A brand with two flagship panels and eighty older ones averages worse than one that has retired its back catalogue.
What each of them builds
Longi Solar skews to higher efficiency: 43% of lineup is 23%+
Longi Solar offers more 600W+ panels (38% of lineup)
Dominant cell tech: <strong>N-type</strong> (42%)
The flagships
Written summary
LONGi Solar is a Chinese manufacturer headquartered in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, founded in 2000 and now one of the largest solar producers in the world. The company has been consistently ranked as a Tier 1 module manufacturer by BloombergNEF - most recently in Q1 2026 - and shipped more than 63 GW of solar cells and modules in the first nine months of 2025 alone, representing roughly 24% year-on-year growth. A.B. Energy, by contrast, is an Italian company that operates primarily as a distributor and reseller of energy efficiency and photovoltaic products, with roots in the electrical and electronics sector. No credible industry database or independent review source - including BloombergNEF's Tier 1 lists, ENF Solar, or pv-tech.org - classifies A.B. Energy as a module manufacturer in its own right. The institutional footprint between the two is not comparable: LONGi is a globally dominant vertically integrated producer; A.B. Energy is a regional intermediary.
LONGi's product catalog centers on its Hi-MO series, which spans residential, commercial, and utility-scale ground-mount applications. The company's dominant cell technology has shifted away from PERC toward its proprietary back-contact architecture - HPBC 2.0 for mainstream deployments and the newly launched HIBC for premium, high-efficiency applications. TUV Rheinland has certified HPBC 2.0 modules for superior anti-shading performance, and at SNEC 2025 LONGi officially unveiled HIBC mass-production modules with cell efficiencies above 27%. A.B. Energy, as a distributor, does not manufacture or certify its own cell technology; the brands and panels it resells vary and are not independently documented in major review outlets.
For any buyer evaluating these two side by side in 2025, LONGi is the clear default choice for projects of almost any scale - residential rooftops, commercial installations, or utility farms - where bankability, long-term warranty support, and documented technology performance matter. A.B. Energy may serve a niche role as a local sourcing channel in Italy, but it cannot be compared to LONGi as a manufacturer peer.
Generated by Claude Sonnet · 2026-06-07
Other brand comparisons
Shop prices: See 174 Longi Solar offers
Comparisons are computed from manufacturer datasheets held in the ComparePV database and may not reflect a brand's complete current lineup. Nothing on this page is paid placement.