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JinkoSolar Announces Record Conversion Efficiency For Mono Solar Cell

JinkoSolar cell efficiency record

Solar manufacturer JinkoSolar says it has set a new efficiency record for a large-area N-type TOPCon monocrystalline silicon PV cell. [Read more…]

DNV-GL’s 2018 Scorecard Results — Longi, REC, & Suntech Only Residential Solar Panels To Pass All Tests

DNV-GL solar panel reliability scorecard 2018

Those nice people at DNV-GL have done another year’s worth of panel torture testing. Here is a summary of the results.

Over the past 4 years the Norwegian company, DNV-GL, has performed annual tests on solar panels and released a report on their performance.  Their latest one, the 2018 PV Module Reliability Scorecard is now available.  The good news is solar panel reliability looks as though it is continuing to improve.  If you buy now you are more likely than ever to get panels that will last for decades without failing and with only minimal deterioration in output. [Read more…]

Longi Solar Arrive In Australia. Tier 1 Panels With Impressive Performance Warranty

longi solar panels

Quite Possibly The Largest Monosilicon Solar Panel Producer In The World…

Longi Solar is a Chinese company that has accumulated solar panel production capacity at a prodigious pace.

Also, they’ve grown really fast. [Read more…]

Another Conversion Efficiency World Record For Jinko Solar

P-type monocrystalline PERC solar cell record

Jinko Solar has announced it has again set a new a conversion efficiency record – this time for P-type monocrystalline PERC solar cells.

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Hanwha QCELLS To Exit Australia

qcells solar panels on an australian roof

QCELLS solar panels installed in Australia

In a significant development for the Australian solar market, solar panel and battery importer, Hanwha QCELLS Australia – who operated in the mid to high end of the market – has let the solar industry know it will be closing its business in Australia. [Read more…]

Solar Panel Efficiency: Budget Brands No Longer Playing Catch-Up

Budget vs. premium solar panels

The solar industry is undergoing a seismic shift. Gone are the days when only premium brands like Sunpower dominated the solar panel efficiency charts. Budget Chinese brands are not only catching up but in some cases, surpassing their high-end counterparts. [Read more…]

Enphase IQ8 Microinverter: Where The Bloody Hell Is It?

Enphase IQ8 microinverter

Enphase Energy indicated when we might finally see its IQ8 microinverter available here in Australia during the company’s latest earnings call. [Read more…]

Risen Plans Massive Solar Manufacturing And Generation Project

Risen Energy solar project

Risen Energy has its sights set on developing a huge vertically integrated solar manufacturing project in China accompanied by a major solar, wind and energy storage facility to help power it all – and then some. [Read more…]

More Success For Australia’s SunDrive: First Solar Panel Produced

SunDrive solar panels - Australian made

If you’re thinking of buying Australian-made solar panels in the future, here’s a company to watch – Sydney-based SunDrive. [Read more…]

Best Solar Panels In Australia? Top Brands Chosen By Installers In 2021

Best solar panels in 2021 chosen by Australian installers

Which solar panels would the top installers in Australia put on their homes?

Since I started writing about solar energy in 2009, one of the most common questions put to me is:

“Finn, what are the best solar panels?”

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