{"id":406,"date":"2011-01-25T20:02:39","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T10:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=406"},"modified":"2017-05-03T13:47:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T03:17:43","slug":"bp-solar-panels-come-last-in-2010-german-solar-panel-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/bp-solar-panels-come-last-in-2010-german-solar-panel-test\/","title":{"rendered":"BP Solar Panels come last in 2010 German Solar Panel Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A recent solar panel test by German outfit &#8220;The TEC Institute for Technical Innovations&#8221; which put 15 Solar Panels under identical conditions for a month had some surprising results.<\/p>\n<p>The test measured the power output of the following brands of solar panels:<\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">\n<ul>\n<li>ANTARIS AS M 185 AI<\/li>\n<li>CSI CS 5A 180 M<\/li>\n<li>ULICA 180 (34) D-UL 800<\/li>\n<li>Jiangyin Jetion JT 175 (35)<\/li>\n<li>ANTARIS AS M 175 AI 1<\/li>\n<li>SolarGate SG 2200<\/li>\n<li>Yunnan Tianda TD 175 M5<\/li>\n<li>180 Sharp NU-180 E1<\/li>\n<li>aleo S16<\/li>\n<li>asola 185W\/48<\/li>\n<li>CSI CS6P-230P<\/li>\n<li>Kyocera KC 175 GHT-2<\/li>\n<li>Sym. 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