This is where chinese solar panel brands really shine.
How good are chinese made solar panels.
This means that the leading chinese companies tend to produce panels that are similar in quality to their german counterparts.
Then there is the final category best solar panels by value.
This means that current solar power systems are unlikely to meet the required fraction of our 30 terawatt tw.
Workers in a factory of a chinese solar panel maker in hangzhou china.
Seraphim perc captures anywhere from 5 25 more energy generation and hence these panels have a high efficient power generation ability.
The one non chinese brand in the value rankings is rec group ranked at 4.
The owner of this factory longi green energy technology co is the world s largest producer of solar wafers and the world s largest solar company by market value as of the end of last year.
I ve heard renesola and yingli among others have very impressive chinese factories.
A full 4 out of 5 manufacturers on this list are chinese.
Although there isn t a universal truth when it comes to price or quality regarding solar panels it is safe to say that chinese solar manufacturers typically offer lower prices than other brands because of the incredibly low cost of production in china.
Their panels are certainly excellent.
German panels in the market appear to have be consistently high quality whilst as has already been discussed chinese panels vary wildly with manufacturer.