Photon Magazine Solar Panel Ranking 2016

The measurements have been paused in 2016 and 2017 but are to be resumed in 2018.

Photon magazine solar panel ranking 2016. The photon laboratory began measuring the yield of solar modules already in 2004. Solar module yield measurement in a comparative measurement the yield of more than 130 module types is measured on photon s outdoor test fi eld www photon info laboratory check the monthly test results in. Sunkalp energy has taken the latest results from 2015 and picked out the multicrystalline solar panels which are most commonly available for mw projects in india. Photon laboratory has tested solar modules and solar inverters since 2009.

Photon is well known in the industry as a prestigious magazine and conference organizer. Photon laboratory is focused primarily on performing yield measurements under standard test conditions stc evaluating weak light behavior and determining temperature coefficients. The latest news you may find in the news section or by subscribing to our free daily newsletter. Photon profi german photon das solarstrom magazin german photon le magazine du photovoltaïque french.

As a subscriber you will receive a link per email to download the pdf edition of our magazine every time a new issue gets published. More info in our myphoton section. In the meantime results are available for around 200 different module types for the period up to june 2015. The nine major solar pv manufacturers and upstream suppliers to the pv industry in 2016 with the normalized ranking factor providing a direct visual guide as to the relative influence.

Each year photon does year long live tests of solar panels of different brands under identical conditions and ranks them based on relative yield or performance ratio. Ranking all brands that participated in photon lab testing had their solar panels installed since january 2011 and have been ranked accordingly after completing a full year of measurement up to january 2014 2 years after. Apart of the photon group is photon laboratory which has been monitoring the performance of solar panels since 2009. With production and capacity figures provided by industry analyst ihs markit pv magazine provides a rundown of the top 10 crystalline silicon module manufacturers based on 2017 production data.

The ranking clearly shows which brand s outperform s the others. They measure the yield produced in relation to the power of each panel and factor in the radiation at the testing site.