{"id":148,"date":"2010-09-04T14:40:32","date_gmt":"2010-09-04T05:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=148"},"modified":"2014-01-05T18:53:50","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T09:23:50","slug":"sharp-solar-panels-come-last-in-german-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sharp-solar-panels-come-last-in-german-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"German magazine tests 10 solar panels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In September 2006, respected solar power magazine, Photon International, bolted 10 different solar panel manufacturers panels to a test rig in Germany and measured the performance of those panels over 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>The panels they tested were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Photwatt<\/li>\n<li>Solarworld<\/li>\n<li>Shell Solar<\/li>\n<li>BP Solar<\/li>\n<li>Solar Fabrik<\/li>\n<li>Isofoton<\/li>\n<li>Kyocera<\/li>\n<li>Sunways<\/li>\n<li>Sanyo<\/li>\n<li>Sharp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The results of the testing were that the difference in power produced across all the solar panel brands was 9.85%.<\/p>\n<p>The results are shown here:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_149\" style=\"width: 529px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-149\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sharp-solar-panels-come-last-in-german-testing\/solarpaneltest\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149\" class=\"size-full wp-image-149 \" title=\"solar panel test\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/solarpaneltest.jpg\" alt=\"Solar Panel test\" width=\"519\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Photon International Magazine September 2007<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As you can see Photwatt panels came top.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly the Sanyo panels which many vendors claim are the &#8220;best of the best&#8221;, came second last. 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