At the other end of the scale you have some first class solar panels coming out of gleaming factories in china with world class quality control in operation and environmental standards as good as any western plant.
How good are chinese made solar panels.
This means that current solar power systems are unlikely to meet the required fraction of our 30 terawatt tw.
This means that the leading chinese companies tend to produce panels that are similar in quality to their german counterparts.
Then there is the final category best solar panels by value.
A full 4 out of 5 manufacturers on this list are chinese.
German panels in the market appear to have be consistently high quality whilst as has already been discussed chinese panels vary wildly with manufacturer.
I ve heard renesola and yingli among others have very impressive chinese factories.
Rec solar was founded in norway and manufactures in singapore but funny enough it is now owned by a chinese corporation.
Although there isn t a universal truth when it comes to price or quality regarding solar panels it is safe to say that chinese solar manufacturers typically offer lower prices than other brands because of the incredibly low cost of production in china.
Workers in a factory of a chinese solar panel maker in hangzhou china.
The one non chinese brand in the value rankings is rec group ranked at 4.
They are great for use in sandy beach side areas snowing alpine locations and even high latitude regions.
This is where chinese solar panel brands really shine.