Canadian Solar signs up with the 500 W-plus panel club

• The Chinese-Canadian firm has actually unveiled a series of high-power modules which are readied to go into automation by very early following year. The collection consists of a commercial and commercial rooftop-dedicated item using a reported 405 W.

Sino-Canadian maker Canadian Solar has signed up with the lengthening listing of companies to launch a 500 W-plus panel range.

The Nasdaq-listed business has actually revealed 5 high-power devices to swell its HiKu, bifacial BiHiKu and HiDM product lines, with mass production to start by very early following year.

The collection 5 items-- consisting of the HiKu 5 and BiHiKu 5-- are based upon M6 wafers with the aforementioned two models featuring Canadian Solar's LeTID (light as well as elevated-temperature-induced degradation) mitigation innovation, which the manufacturer declares decreases the occurrence of destruction by half contrasted to the market standard.

With mono and polycrystalline versions offered, the bifacial offering of the series 5 products provides to 500 W, according to Canadian, with the collection 6 BiHiKu 6 claimed to create as much as 590 W, with a conversion performance of 21.3% in a module based on a 182mm wafer.

That kind of power outcome, claimed Canadian yesterday, can minimize equilibrium of system costs 5.2% for levelized cost of energy savings of up to 12.3%.

The new, high-power range also includes a collection 5 item committed to commercial and also industrial rooftop usage-- the HiDM 5. The all-black panel supplies a reported 405 W.

Canadian will certainly provide a 30-year straight power guarantee for the bifacial items, guaranteeing an optimum 2% attenuation during the first year of use as well as 0.45% in subsequent years. The single-sided versions come with a 25-year service warranty, for an optimum 2% and then 0.55%. The brand-new array will likewise be provided with 12-year product and process service warranties.