Jinko vs Risen vs Canadian vs Trina Solar

[royritayan]

Below quotes are for 6.6 kW solar panel system and 6 kW 3 phase inverter (Would you suggest 5 kW would be a better option?) Which offer shall I go for? I thank you all for your kind suggestion in advance.

OFFER: 1 (Premium package Monocrystalline panels with 3-phase Inverter)
Jinko 310W Monocrystalline + Perc
Growatt 6kw Inverter
21 panels ( 21 x 310 W= 6.5 kW)
Fully Installed price $4,250.00

OFFER: 2 (Standard package Monocrystalline panels with 3-phase Inverter)
RISEN 315W Monocrystalline + Perc
Growatt 6kw Inverter
21 panels ( 21 x 315 W= 6.6 kW)
Fully Installed price $3,600.00

OFFER: 3 (Gold package Polycrystalline panels with 3-phase Inverter)
Canadian 285W Polycrystalline
Growatt 6kw Inverter
23 panels ( 23 x 285 W= 6.55 kW)
Fully Installed price $3,150.00
For Fronius European Inverter it would be $1000 extra on the above quote.

OFFER: 4

• Supply and install 6.6KW Solar system ( 20 X 330W TRINA SPLITMAX PANELS)
• Supply and install 6KW Growatt 3 Phase inverter ( comes with WI FI)
• Fully installed

Price = $3,300.

[Svarky]

Hi Royritayan,

It’s always worth investing a little more for higher quality components when it comes to solar, take a look at our Best Solar Panel article to see the full list of panels to compare from. Below you’ll find details of the specific brands you’ve mentioned.

The Jinko panels are my pick of the bunch, Risen are also ok, but I wouldn’t go with the poly panels from Canadian, although Canadian Solar do offer a range of quality panels.

Jinko Solar Panels Review — Clean Energy Reviews

Canadian Solar panels review | BiKu CS3K-300W, BiHiKu

Hi @kemmett Here’s some details on Canadian Solar from our Best Solar Panels review article: Canadian Solar is fifth largest solar panel manufacturer in the world and produce a wide range of cost effective, reliable panels. Canadian have generally produced more cost effective polycrystalline cells and developed some advanced high efficiency panels based on the half-cut polycrystalline cell design. However, more recently Canadian have shifted to developing more efficient mono-PERC shingled cel…

Trina Solar Panels Review — Clean Energy Reviews

Risen Solar Panels

Hi, yes Risen Solar are quite new to Australia but have grown in popularity and are now one of the worlds largest manufacturers, however there are many other solar panel brands which are higher quality such as REC, LG, Sunpower, Winaico and Q cells. See our Best Solar Panel article: Sungrow are well regarded and have been around for many years. They also have quite a good reputation for service if there is an issue. I would say they are ranked the best of the Chinese made inverters.

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[Marty]

What area are you in @royritayan?

See also:

Jinko vs Longi vs JA vs Q CELLS vs Suntech | Best value solar panels

Hi all A lot of people on our forum want to know if they are getting a good deal with their solar quotes, because most of us don’t have endless money to spend on a solar system. I would generally recommend considering top quality panels, like LG, and inverters like Fronius or Enphase, because they do often work out to be the best option financially in the long run. However, I’d like to answer the question here about what the best “value” solar system is. If you are on a tight budget, and can’t …

[royritayan]

Denham Court, Marty! Thanks!

[royritayan]

Finally deciding to go with the following 7.5 kW solar system than 6.6 kW from Solar Power Nation:

23 x Risen Energy Co Ltd Risen 330W

Mono Perc Half Cut Panels Solar Panel 1 x (ABB) Power-One Italy S.p.A ABB 7.5TL - OUTD - 3 Phase Inverter

Installation price: $4050

Would you think this is a good deal and decent reputed products and retailer (Solar Power Nation)?

Thank you!

[Marty]

Hi @royritayan

It’s a pretty cheap system. Have you had a good look through the reviews of this company? I did a quick Google search and found a number of recent ones that were less than glowing let’s say.

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[Marty]

Jinko keeps putting up really exciting new developments like this:

JinkoSolar has n-type mono cell verified at record 24.79% conversion efficiency

[Sparky]

Great news. They just keep getting more efficient. I wonder what the panel efficiency will be using these cells? Possibly close to 21%

The big volume manufacturers are catching up to the Sunpower and LG IBC cell efficiency.