ET Solar review

ET Solar - Solar Panel Reviews

4.5

Based on 81 ratings

Finn's ET Solar Panels Review & Verdict

Finn Peacock has been a Chartered Electrical Engineer since 1998, and is ex-CSIRO

ET Solar had its day in the sun in Australia - and then closed its office here for reasons unknown. And as at early 2025, none of its panels are approved by the CEC for new installations.

ET Solar Panels: Pros & Cons

  • No panels approved for use in Australia for new installations as at January 2025

About ET Solar

ET Solar is a Chinese panel manufacturer that was founded in 2005 that has shipped more than 7.2GW of modules since it kicked off.

Contact Information

While ET Solar did have an Australian office at one stage, it's no longer around. That means contacting their headquarters in China. 

At the time we updated this page in early 2025, the company's website was undergoing an upgrade and there was little information on it. The only contact points listed are two email addresses: [email protected] and [email protected].

Company Info

ET Solar is headquartered in Nanjing, China. After its founding in 2005, the following few years were pretty busy for the firm with setting up new manufacturing and presence outside of China. By 2010, the company claimed to have 1GW of annual module capacity. By 2013, that had grown to 2.5GW. 

As well as manufacturing panels, the firm also engaged in building utility-scale solar farms for various customers across the world.

ET Solar became a Chinese government-owned company in 2018 and soon after that, the flow of company news ceased - but it's certainly still around.

A search of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC's) database revealed several ET Solar branded company names were deregistered here in 2024.

ET Solar Panels In Australia

ET Solar set up its Australia subsidiary in 2014, but it's not clear when it stopped operating here. It appears that as recently as early 2024, there were still several product lines available in Australia that were approved by the Clean Energy Council

  • Elite Mono: (360W - 385W)
  • Elite Poly: (340W - 345W)
  • Elite Plus: (400W - 410W)

But as at early 2025, there are no ET Solar panels on the CEC's approved modules list. 

Warranty Information

ET Solar panels have a 10-year product warranty and 25 year performance warranty these days; the nature of the latter depending on the model.

If you have a warranty issue, your best bet is to contact the company that installed them. If that isn't successful for whatever reason (e.g. installer is no longer around), you could try to find the Australian importer of the panels - whoever imports the solar panels is responsible for their warranties. But if that was ET Solar, try contacting the company on the email addresses above - and good luck!

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ET Solar Reviews (81)

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Given me no problems what so ever.
1.5 KW System. Between summer and winter max credit $240 odd dollars, in winter no lower than $65 dollars credit
Does not appear to have dropped off in any manner.

Inverter Brand

SMA

System Cost

Under $3000

System Size

1.5kW

Installed By

4 panels are sometimes blocked by a tree in the early mornings. Panel orientation is north-east, so there is some significant loss of power generation possibilities in the late afternoons.

Inverter Brand

Sunny Roo Products

System Cost

$10,000 to $15,000

System Size

4kW

Installed By

Hard to say as it was never connected corretly

Inverter Brand

GoodWe (Other)

System Cost

$6,000 to $8,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

As predicted by Heinz solar the 24 x 265 pannels coupled with the 5 KW Fronius inverter would generate approx 5 kw/hr power on a sunny day.
Consistently runs at approx 5,05 KW/hr

Sofar no problems.

Inverter Brand

Fronius

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

6kW

Installed By

I did not appreciate how an increase in the ambient temperature detrimentally affects the output of the panels. eg a 10% reduction from 20 degrees to 30 degrees

Inverter Brand

Fimer

System Cost

$6,000 to $10,000

System Size

5kW

Installed By

In 12 months there has not been a single day when we haven't generated anything even when it has been overcast and raining. While we have the ideal aspect to capture available energy I also believe the quality of the panels is a factor.

Inverter Brand

SMA

System Cost

$6,000 to $10,000

System Size

3kW

Installed By

No problems to date. Expansion from 1.5 to 2.0kw was easy and a very good move. The good thing was that A Woman's Spark was still in business and exists still to provide my service if required.

Inverter Brand

CMS

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

1.5kW

Installed By

The panels work extremely efficiently including cloudy days.

Inverter Brand

Alpha Technologies

System Cost

$10,000 to $12,500

System Size

13kW

Installed By

Very good, no issues, no corrosion, no failures.

Inverter Brand

Enphase

System Cost

$6,000 to $10,000

System Size

4kW

Installed By

Panels/system undamaged during an uncharacteristic cyclone (Seroja) that wrecked the house next door

Inverter Brand

Goodwe

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Our 15 panels still look like new after 3 years on our roof and keep performing to our total satisfaction

Inverter Brand

Goodwe

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

4kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

SMA

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

2kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Sungrow

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Goodwe

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

So far so good

Inverter Brand

Sungrow

System Cost

$8,000 to $10,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Solis

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Fronius

System Cost

$6,000 to $8,000

System Size

8kW

Installed By

After 12 months in service I am very pleases with th eperformance of the panels.

Inverter Brand

Sungrow

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

5kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Goodwe

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Sungrow

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Goodwe

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Goodwe

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

12 panels west facing and 12 panels almost horizontal currently produce around 35kWh/day (late Feb)

Inverter Brand

Goodwe

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

very satisfied

Inverter Brand

Goodwe

System Cost

Under $3000

System Size

1.5kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

KSTAR (Other)

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Goodwe

System Cost

Under $3000

System Size

3kW

Installed By

Again, no issues so far.

Inverter Brand

Solaredge

System Cost

$6,000 to $10,000

System Size

5kW

Installed By

No problems to date - produce 10-15 kWH/day in winter and since October have been producing 30-38KWH/day mid Oct to mid Nov

Inverter Brand

Goodwe

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

6kW

Installed By

Promised 19 German Hanover panels, got 16 unknown chinese panels

Inverter Brand

Goodwe

System Cost

$10,000 to $12,500

System Size

5kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Goodwe

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Too soon to really tell, but so far so good.

Inverter Brand

Fronius

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

More than 6kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Goodwe

System Cost

$6,000 to $8,000

System Size

10kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

5kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Goodwe

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Goodwe

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

6kW

Installed By

the black surrounds match the terracotta roof tiles

Inverter Brand

Fronius

System Cost

$6,000 to $10,000

System Size

5kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Fronius

System Cost

$6,000 to $10,000

System Size

5kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Fronius

System Cost

$6,000 to $10,000

System Size

5kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Fronius

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

3kW

Installed By

The panels have been excellent during the past year, I have not had any problems.

Inverter Brand

Delta

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

5kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

SMA

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

3kW

Installed By

I am amazed how efficient they perform.

Inverter Brand

Fronius

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

3kW

Installed By

Did not install enough,would like to add more panels.

Inverter Brand

Fronius

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

1kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Fronius

System Cost

Under $3000

System Size

5kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Fronius

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

3kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

SolaX Power

System Cost

$6,000 to $10,000

System Size

5kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Fimer

System Cost

$10,000 to $15,000

System Size

6kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Sungrow

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

3kW

Installed By

No problems noted.

Inverter Brand

Fimer

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

6kW

Installed By

Inverter Brand

Fronius

System Cost

$6,000 to $10,000

System Size

6kW

Installed By

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