December 14, 2011 — Solarplaza has created top-10 and top-25 lists for poly-crystalline silicon solar photovoltaics (PV) modules, by efficiency. A mere 0.76% power conversion efficiency difference separates Solland Solar’s top module (16.00%) from the number 10 spot, China Sunergy (15.24%).
Efficiency is one metric to weigh when choosing solar modules for a PV installation. Other factors such as cost, install location, balance-of-system (BoS) integration, can wash out a module’s higher output. Also read: Top solar PV installation markets
Solland Solar’s Sunweb design incorporates 60 polySi solar cells. About half of the top-10 modules use 60-cell designs; the other half are based on 72-cell layouts.
| Table. Top 10 most-efficient c-Si solar PV modules. | |||
| Manufacturer | Module efficiency | Module type | |
| 1 | Solland Solar | 16.00% | Sunweb5 |
| 2 | Siliken | 15.70% | SLK72P6L-305 |
| 3 | LDK Solar | 15.67% | LDK-200P-24(s) |
| 4 | Vikram | 15.63% | Eldora 280 (300) |
| 5 | Wiosun | 15.54% | E300P |
| 6 | A2peak | 15.50% | P3-235-60 (250) |
| 7 | CNPV solar | 15.40% | CNPV-300P |
| 8 | Latitude Solar | 15.30% | Latitude P6-60/6 (250) |
| 9 | JA Solar | 15.29% | JAP6-60-250 |
| 10 | China Sunergy | 15.24% | CSUN295-72P |
See datasheets for each module, and the top-25 list, here: http://www.solarplaza.com/top10-polycrystalline-module-efficiency/
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