SolarWorld High Watt Sunmodule Solar Panels

SolarWorld has lead the way in American made solar panels for the last decade or so, but in recent years’ production and recall issues have made them difficult to come by. Long lead times have lead many installers to switch to another manufacturer to complete their solar projects on time. Luckily, SolarWorld has corrected this issues in time for the 2017 summer season, and just in time as their competitor Suniva has recently declared bankruptcy. Although there are a number of solar panel manufacturers that produce in full, or partially in the United States, SolarWorld is the largest, and by far the most well-known. Their wide-spread popularity has given them the power to have multiple manufacturing centers and devote a great deal of time in developing their solar cell technology. Their fully-automated production lines and seamless monitoring of the process and material ensure the quality that the company sets as a benchmark for its sits worldwide.The devotion has certainly paid off as SolarWorld now offers some of the industry’s most highly efficient and high watt modules.

The SolarWorld Sunmodule series plus-sorting technology that guarantees the highest system efficiency possible. SolarWorld prides themselves on only delivering modules that have greater than or equal to the nameplate rated power. The company further guarantees a maximum performance digress of 0.7% p.a. in the course of 25 years, a significant added value compared to the two-phase warranties common in the industry, along with their industry-first 10-year product warranty. Needless to say, it is apparent that the company stands by their products, and thus their customers before and during their solar panel lifetime expectancy, so purchasers can feel secure in their investment. The Sunmodule series offers efficiency ratings between 17.04% to 17.54% with the efficiency increasing at each module watt increase. The efficiency increase is welcome as efficiency ratings generally decreased in higher watt modules even five years ago.

*SolarWorld Sunmodule 345w Solar Panel

The higher watt modules offer an additional value of projects needing less materials to meet their power requirements. Fewer modules lead to overall project pricing decreases in terms of solar panels, racking and wiring components. Further, unlike many higher watt panels, the total output current is matched at lower watt modules allowing them to be compatible with the same inverters that 60-watt modules are. This too is groundbreaking as in previous years, the total current and voltage output of the panels required more strings to be added to the project design to ensure that the inverter did not get overloaded during peak sun hours. To its credit, inverter technology has also been keeping up with the increase module wattages, which gives homeowners the added assurance that their system will be working at peak performance throughout the day.

Overall, although SolarWorld has had some problems in the past, those issues should not reflect on their products or who they are as a company. There is sure to be a few speed bumps in solar technology as huge leaps have been taken over a relatively short period of time. The decrease in the initial solar investment is due in large part to the increase in this technology since the costs of production have gone along with it. The new Sunmodule series is leaps and bounds ahead of their previous modules and are currently running at a much lower cost. The company is also not in danger of repeating the mistakes of their competitor, Suniva, and will be around long after your panel warranty has run its course.