{"id":47237,"date":"2021-02-03T05:40:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T19:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=47237"},"modified":"2025-09-04T10:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T00:52:04","slug":"sunpower-maxeon-australia-mb1864","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunpower-maxeon-australia-mb1864\/","title":{"rendered":"SunPower Maxeon 5 AC Module Available In Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/maxeon-5-enphase.jpg\" alt=\"Sunpower Maxeon 5 AC with Enphase microinverter\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/maxeon-5-enphase.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/maxeon-5-enphase-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/maxeon-5-enphase-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/maxeon-5-enphase-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some good news for Australian AC solar panel fans &#8211; the SunPower Maxeon 5 AC Module is now available here.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When Maxeon Solar Technologies announced its new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunpower-maxeon-5-ac-mb1797\/\">SunPower Maxeon 5 AC solar panel<\/a> was available in selected European countries in December last year, it wasn&#8217;t clear if and when it would be available in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>It is now &#8211;\u00a0 the SunPower spinoff<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunpower-maxeon-australia-mb1864\/#en-47237-1' id='enref-47237-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(47237)'>1<\/a><\/sup> announced yesterday the modules are immediately available through Maxeon&#8217;s authorised partners in Australia.<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s So Interesting About The SunPower Maxeon 5 AC?<\/h2>\n<p>First, this is a big panel in terms of power\/capacity &#8211; the Maxeon 5 AC is available in 400-watt, 410-watt and 415-watt models, which makes it the most powerful solar panel manufactured specifically for residential rooftops currently available in Australia. While big on power, it&#8217;s comparatively small on physical size &#8211; 1835mm x 1017mm x 40mm. Just as a comparison, another high-end panel, the LG Neon 2 415W, is 2024mm x 1024mm x 40 mm.<\/p>\n<p>Second, this is an AC solar panel, meaning it has a factory-integrated microinverter on the back &#8211; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/inverters\/enphase-review.html\">Enphase<\/a> IQ7A. Instead of the Direct Current (DC) power generated by conventional modules, these panels output Alternating Current (AC).\u00a0 You can find out more about the pros and cons of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/inverters\/micro\/\">AC solar panels and microinverters here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Various manufacturers have been producing AC modules that have been available overseas for some years, but few have appeared in Australia. The locally-produced original Tindo Karra was one.<\/p>\n<p>The SunPower Maxeon 5 AC also has a very good temperature coefficient:\u00a0 \u22120.29%\/\u00b0C. This refers to how much a solar panel\u2019s efficiency is reduced by for each degree increase in the panel\u2019s (not air) temperature above STC (standard testing conditions), which is 25\u00b0C. You can learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/temperature-coefficient\/\">how heat affects solar panel output here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Weight-wise, the Maxeon 5 AC is heavier than the LG Neon 2 &#8211; 21.1kg vs. 20.3 kg. That difference would be due to the integrated Enphase microinverter that weighs a bit over a kilogram, which is significantly heavier than the PV junction box on conventional panels that it replaces.<\/p>\n<p>Maxeon is providing a 25 year product warranty, covering both the panel and microinverter, and a year 25 warranted power output of 92%.<\/p>\n<p>I still don&#8217;t have pricing at this point but as mentioned previously, the Maxeon 5 will no doubt be very pricey as anything branded SunPower tends to be. But buyers aren&#8217;t just paying for a name and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/sunpower-review.html\">SunPower solar panel reviews<\/a> from Australians have generally been very positive.<\/p>\n<p>The full SunPower Maxeon AC 5 Module datasheet <a href=\"https:\/\/sunpower.maxeon.com\/au\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-01\/MAX5-AC-415-410-400_ds_ENG_20-12.pdf\">can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some good news for Australian AC solar panel fans &#8211; the SunPower Maxeon 5 AC Module is now available here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":47238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SunPower Maxeon 5 AC Module Available In Australia - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Some good news for Australian AC solar panel fans - the SunPower Maxeon 5 AC Module is now available here.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunpower-maxeon-australia-mb1864\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SunPower Maxeon 5 AC Module Available In Australia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some good news for Australian AC solar panel fans - the SunPower Maxeon 5 AC Module is now available here.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunpower-maxeon-australia-mb1864\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-02T19:10:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-04T00:52:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/maxeon-5-enphase.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunpower-maxeon-australia-mb1864\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunpower-maxeon-australia-mb1864\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"SunPower Maxeon 5 AC Module Available In Australia\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-02T19:10:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-04T00:52:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunpower-maxeon-australia-mb1864\/\"},\"wordCount\":536,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunpower-maxeon-australia-mb1864\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/maxeon-5-enphase.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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About The SunPower\/Maxeon Thing First, a bit of background. 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In most home solar installations, multiple panels connect to a single string solar inverter. 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So much so, the company has beefed up the warranty on its flagship SunPower Maxeon product line. Solar panels come with two warranties - product and performance. 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