{"id":13757,"date":"2013-07-13T09:42:57","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T04:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/?p=13757"},"modified":"2013-07-13T09:42:57","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T04:12:57","slug":"comparing-trina-solar-and-renesola-solar-modules-which-one-to-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/2013\/07\/13\/comparing-trina-solar-and-renesola-solar-modules-which-one-to-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing Trina Solar and Renesola Solar Modules \u2013 which one to buy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Renesola<\/strong> and Trina Solar<\/strong> are lowest cost Chinese solar panel<\/a> manufacturers globally.\u00a0Renesola<\/a>\u00a0is a vertically integrated company with\u00a0complete R&D and manufacturing of polysilicon, silicon wafer and solar modules. Renesola has a global presence with sales branches established in Europe, the Americas and the Asia-Pacific regions. Trina Solar<\/a>\u00a0on the other hand is a vertically integrated company right\u00a0from the production\u00a0of ingots to modules. Trina Solar was founded in 1997, with\u00a012 offices worldwide, Trina Solar has partnerships with leading installers, distributors, utilities and developers in all major PV markets and is listed on the NYSE.<\/p>\n

Distinguishing Features between Renesola and Trina Solar Modules<\/h1>\n

Given below are some of the distinguishing features of both the brands\u2019 solar modules that will help the buyers to choose from.<\/p>\n

Type of Solar Panel Producer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trina Solar\u00a0is one of the world\u2019s foremost PV companies. Fully vertically integrated from the production\u00a0of ingots to modules into both mono and multicrystalline technologies.\u00a0Renesola sells solar panels as an OEM Solar Panel Producer which means that it sells its solar panels to companies who put their own\u00a0brand names on solar panels produced by Renesola.<\/p>\n

Types of Solar Modules<\/strong><\/p>\n

Renesola come in Monocrystalline and multicrystalline make.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Trina Solar has a further classification\u00a0for convenience into:<\/span>\u00a0Business Need \u2013 Commercial, Residential & Utility.<\/p>\n

Models<\/strong><\/p>\n

The different monocrystalline solar modules from Renesola are:\u00a0i) 156 black mono (250w-260w),\u00a0ii) 125mono (190w-200w),\u00a0iii) 156square mono (260w-270w) and\u00a0iv) 156mono (250w-260w).<\/p>\n

The multicrystalline solar modules from Renesola are:\u00a0VIRTUS VIRTUS II\u00a0series.<\/p>\n

While Trina Solar offers i) PA05: 60 cell Universal (residential, commercial and utility) ii)\u00a0PD05: 60 cell\u00a0Dual Glass (residential, commercial and utility)\u00a0 iii)\u00a0PA14: 72 cell Utility, iv) PD14: 72 cell Utility\u00a0under multicrystalline make.<\/p>\n

Cell Type<\/strong><\/div>\n

The cell types found in Renesola are 125\u00d7125 mm and 156\u00d7156 mm, whereas in Trina Solar they are\u00a0\u00a0125\u00d7125 mm in monocrystalline modules and 156\u00d7156 mm in multicrystalline modules.
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Wattage<\/strong><\/p>\n

The solar modules\u2019 wattage for Trina Solar range between 240 W \u2013 305 W, for Renesola modules the wattage range is 190 W \u2013 310 W.<\/p>\n

Frame<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both Trina Solar and\u00a0Renesola Solar modules have frames made of\u00a0Anodized Aluminum Alloy.<\/p>\n

Weight<\/strong><\/p>\n

Weight for Renesola modules are 16 kg, 19 kg, 29 kg whereas for Trina Solar modules it is 15.6kg for monocrystalline panels and 19.5 kg and 28 kg for multicrystalline modules.<\/p>\n

Load Resistance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both come with load resistance of ~5400pa.<\/p>\n

Power Tolerance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both Trina Solar modules have a\u00a0power output ~0-+3%\u00a0<\/span>and Renesola Modules come with a positive power tolerance of 0-+5W.<\/span><\/p>\n

Standards & Certification<\/strong><\/p>\n

Renesola Modules confirm with PV standards such as IEC 61215:2005, IEC 61730:2004, UL 1703, whereas Trina Solar Modules\u00a0are manufactured according to international Quality and environment Management System Standards ISO9001, ISO14001.<\/span><\/p>\n

Warranty<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trina Solar come with a 10 years product warranty & 25 years linear power warranty. Renesola modules have a limited product warranty \u2013 10 years repair, replacement or refund remedy and 25 years limited peak power warranty \u2013 limited remedy.<\/p>\n

For other technical details, you can look into the respective websites of\u00a0Renesola<\/a>\u00a0and Trina\u00a0Solar<\/a>.<\/em><\/div>\n

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Renesola and Trina Solar are lowest cost Chinese solar panel manufacturers globally.\u00a0Renesola\u00a0is a vertically integrated company with\u00a0complete R&D and manufacturing of polysilicon, silicon wafer and solar [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52,66],"tags":[4332,4879,4956,5630],"class_list":["post-13757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-panels","category-trina-solar","tag-renesola","tag-solar-industry","tag-solar-panels","tag-trina-solar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}