Qcells solar panels reviews

Qcells is a major manufacturer of solar panels. As at May 2022, the company had annual production capacity of 12 GW for both cells and modules - a capacity it plans to further expand.

The company's panels are considered tier 1 and are accompaned by 12 to 25 years product warranty, depending on the model. Qcells solar panels are salt mist corrosion resistant and are suitable for installation on homes anywhere in Australia.

Qcells has an Australian office in North Sydney.

Company History

Qcells is a Hanwha Group company. Hanwha Group started in South Korea as Hanwha Explosives Inc. in 1952 and rapidly exploded into a massive international conglomeration. They acquired the German company Q Cells and its solar panel manufacturing capacity in Germany and Malaysia when it became insolvent in 2012. They also acquired Solarfun, which was a Chinese panel manufacturer. Not wanting to be mistaken for a bunch of clowns, they changed the name of Solarfun to Hanwha Solar One.

In February 2015, Hanwha Group squished the two companies together to create Hanwha Q CELLS.

Since then, the company has rebranded a few times; tinkering with logos, hyphens and capitalisation in its name. This brings us to today's "Qcells", although at the time of updating this page they were still yet to update their own Australian QPartner web site.

Manufacturing Locations

Qcells solar panels are manufactured in the USA, Malaysia, China, and South Korea, but the company does not produce any German made panels.

They describe their panels as “Engineered in Germany”. While they no longer manufacture panels in that country, their headquarters for research and development are in Germany and I have been told in the past they have over 200 experts there working to improve the design and production of solar panels.

Qcells also have 3 other research and development centers around the world - in Malaysia, South Korea and China.

Qcells Panels

Qcells offers a couple of different product lines in Australia, currently the Q.PEAK DUO and Q.BOOST range. Qcells solar panel specifications and estimated pricing can be found in our solar panel comparison table.

Warranty Claim Procedure For Orphaned Customers

If you need to make a warranty claim on your Qcells panels but your original installer has gone out of business, the responsibility falls to Qcells to handle your claim. The company can be contacted on 02 9016 3033, and have advised they have an established warranty support network to assist with claims. Their warranty terms cover labor costs for replacement of panels under warranty.

A Cost-Effective, Reliable Panel

The Qcells 12 - 25 year product warranty is more generous than the 10 years some panels currently sold in Australia still have. 25 year product warranties used to be the exclusive realm of the most expensive brands, but we're increasingly seeing other manufacturers also implement them.

In my opinion Qcells manufactures high quality reliable panels and I have no problem recommending them. See what other Australians think of Qcells solar panels in the reviews below. And if you own these modules, I encourage you to add your own review.