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I had previously added some business information on solar module manufacturers, as well as a link to a global directory of solar module manufacturers, solar module manufacturing equipment suppliers, and solar module installation companies. The information was taken down by someone who hadn't actually reviewed the validity of the information but was deleting based on the fact that I posted up several links to ENF. |
I had previously added some business information on solar module manufacturers, as well as a link to a global directory of solar module manufacturers, solar module manufacturing equipment suppliers, and solar module installation companies. The information was taken down by someone who hadn't actually reviewed the validity of the information but was deleting based on the fact that I posted up several links to ENF. |
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On the suggestion of one of person that removed the information, I am submitting suggested comments/links here in the hope that other editors will evaluate the relevance and resubmit it to the main page: |
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I will be reposting the information shortly, and would like to hear from any business-experts from the PV industry who feel the links do not add value to readers of the article. |
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== Photovoltaic Panel (Module) Brands == |
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There are hundreds of photovoltaic panel (module) brands in the world, and numbers are increasing fast due to the low entry barriers. The bare minimum a company needs to become a manufacturers is a laminating machine and some soldering irons (for a manual production line). This has lead to a particularly strong explosion in new panel manufacturers in China, although the majority of Chinese companies do not have the certification most western companies require (in April 2007, only 19 Chinese panel manufacturers held IEC, TUV or UL certification). |
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A 2007 global survey of photovoltaic installation companies <ref name="ENF">{{cite journal title = Global Brand Survey of Photovoltaic Installation Companies journal = ENF |
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url = http://www.enf.cn/magazine/issue9/brand.html accessdate = 13/04/2007 }}</ref> identified the best panel manufacturers to be: |
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No.1 - SunPower Corporation (USA) <br /> |
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No.2 - Schott Solar (Germany) <br /> |
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No.3 - SolarWorld (Germany) |
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The company with the best quality panels was identified as Sanyo (Japan) and the best value for money panels was from Suntech Power (China). |
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== External links == |
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*[http://www.enf.cn/database/panels.html Directory of Photovoltaic Panel Manufacturers] |
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*[http://www.enf.cn/database/installers.html Directory of Photovoltaic Panel Installation Companies] |
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*[http://www.enf.cn/database/equipment.html Directory of Photovoltaic Panel Production Equipment Manufacturers] |
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[[User:Kit Temple|Kit Temple]] 13:56, 2 July 2007 (UTC) |
[[User:Kit Temple|Kit Temple]] 13:56, 2 July 2007 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 17:08, 2 July 2007
Business-side info
I had previously added some business information on solar module manufacturers, as well as a link to a global directory of solar module manufacturers, solar module manufacturing equipment suppliers, and solar module installation companies. The information was taken down by someone who hadn't actually reviewed the validity of the information but was deleting based on the fact that I posted up several links to ENF.
On the suggestion of one of person that removed the information, I am submitting suggested comments/links here in the hope that other editors will evaluate the relevance and resubmit it to the main page:
Photovoltaic Panel (Module) Brands
There are hundreds of photovoltaic panel (module) brands in the world, and numbers are increasing fast due to the low entry barriers. The bare minimum a company needs to become a manufacturers is a laminating machine and some soldering irons (for a manual production line). This has lead to a particularly strong explosion in new panel manufacturers in China, although the majority of Chinese companies do not have the certification most western companies require (in April 2007, only 19 Chinese panel manufacturers held IEC, TUV or UL certification).
A 2007 global survey of photovoltaic installation companies [1] identified the best panel manufacturers to be:
No.1 - SunPower Corporation (USA)
No.2 - Schott Solar (Germany)
No.3 - SolarWorld (Germany)
The company with the best quality panels was identified as Sanyo (Japan) and the best value for money panels was from Suntech Power (China).
== External links ==
- Directory of Photovoltaic Panel Manufacturers
- Directory of Photovoltaic Panel Installation Companies
- Directory of Photovoltaic Panel Production Equipment Manufacturers
Kit Temple 13:56, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
- ^ {{cite journal title = Global Brand Survey of Photovoltaic Installation Companies journal = ENF url = http://www.enf.cn/magazine/issue9/brand.html accessdate = 13/04/2007 }}