{"id":14100,"date":"2013-08-08T15:27:11","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T09:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/?p=14100"},"modified":"2013-08-08T15:27:11","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T09:57:11","slug":"comparison-between-yingli-green-and-solar-frontier-solar-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/2013\/08\/08\/comparison-between-yingli-green-and-solar-frontier-solar-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison between Yingli Green and Solar Frontier Solar Panels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Yingli Green Energy<\/strong> (YGE) is one of the oldest <em>Chinese<\/em> companies and is completely integrated.\u00a0One of the world\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/images-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5160\" title=\"Solar Panels\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/images-15.jpg\" alt=\"Solar Panels\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/images-15.jpg 275w, https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/images-15-113x75.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 275px, 275px\" \/><\/a>firstfully\u00a0<em>vertically integrated<\/em>\u00a0photovoltaic manufacturers, the company develops, manufactures and sells high-quality modules under the brand Yingli Solar to a wide range of markets including Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, France, South Korea, China, and the United States. The company is headquartered in Baoding, China with over 11,000 employees worldwide &amp; more than 10 branch offices globally.\u00a0The business model covers the entire PV value chain, from polysilicon production to the assembly of modules.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier known as Showa Shell Solar<strong>,\u00a0Solar Frontier<\/strong>\u00a0is a <em>Japanese<\/em> company. Solar Frontier\u00a0manufactures CIS (copper, indium, selenium) thin-film solar modules for customers all around the world.\u00a0Solar Frontier modules have\u00a0conversion efficiency of 11.8% to 13.4%. Their\u00a0\u201cLight soaking\u201d effect increases the output after installation. They are cadmium and lead free.\u00a0The company has\u00a0offices in Europe, the U.S.A., and the Middle East, with headquarters in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<h1>Distinguishing Features between Solar Frontier and Yingli Green Solar Modules<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Classification of Solar Modules and Available Models<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong>Yingli Solar<\/strong>\u00a0panels are divided into: i) Monocrystalline: PANDA 48 and 60 cell series ii) Multicrystalline: YGE 48, 60 and 72 cell series and iii) Off-grid modules: YLSYS 300, 800, 1200 and 1600 series.<\/p>\n<p>Yingli solar panels can also be conveniently used for\u00a0<em>residential, commercial and utility<\/em>\u00a0purposes:<\/p>\n<p>i)\u00a0<em>Residential<\/em>: PANDA 48 and 60 cell series and YGE\u00a048 and 60 cell series.<\/p>\n<p>ii)\u00a0<em>Commercial<\/em>\u00a0(Business) :\u00a0PANDA 60 cell series and YGE 48, 60, 72 cell series<\/p>\n<p>iii)\u00a0<em>Utility<\/em>\u00a0(Power Plants): YGE 60 and 72 cell series.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solar Frontier Modules<\/strong>\u00a0can be conveniently used for residential, commercial and utility purposes. They are\u00a0<strong>thin film<\/strong>\u00a0modules.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SF145-S \u2013 145W<\/li>\n<li>SF150-S \u2013 150W<\/li>\n<li>SF155-S \u2013 155W<\/li>\n<li>SF160-S \u2013 160W<\/li>\n<li>SF165-S \u2013 165W<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Power Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yingli Green modules have a positive power tolerance of 0 W to+5 W,\u00a0whereas Solar Frontier modules have +10%\/-5% power tolerance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Weight of Yingli solar panels are between 15 to 21 kg, whereas\u00a0Solar Frontier modules have a standard weight of 20 kgs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Frame<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anodized aluminium alloy frame is used in Yingli Greens&#8217; solar panels,\u00a0Solar Frontier modules also have anodized aluminium frame, black in color.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Load Resistance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yingli Green solar modules can withstand upto 5400 pa wind speed and snow load, whereas Solar Frontier modules come with a load resistance of\u00a0~2400 pa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warranty\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yingli Green Energy modules come with 10 years limited product warranty and limited power warranty of 10 years at 91.2% of minimal rated power output, 25 years at 80.7% of\u00a0minimal rated power output.<\/p>\n<p>Solar Frontier \u00a0gives a 25 year extended warranty on all its solar panels. These Solar Panels are reinsured by the German insurance giant Munich Re, which means in case if Solar Frontier goes out of the solar panel business, Munich Re will insure that the warranty holds good. This is better than the standard warranty given by solar panel manufactures.<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Standards &amp; Certification<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yingli Green solar panels are certified under\u00a0IEC\u00a061215,\u00a0<em><\/em>IEC\u00a061730<em style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">,\u00a0<\/em>MCS, CE, ISO\u00a09001:2008, ISO\u00a014001:2004, BS OHSAS\u00a018001:2007, SA\u00a08000, PV CYCLE; whereas\u00a0Solar frontier modules have PTC\/STC rating over 90% and are also UL, JET and RoHS compliant<\/p>\n<p><em>Read other technical details here:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yinglisolar.com\/en\/products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yingli Green Energy<\/a>\u00a0and<em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.solar-frontier.com\/eng\/products\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solar Frontier<\/a>.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yingli Green Energy (YGE) is one of the oldest Chinese companies and is completely integrated.\u00a0One of the world\u2019s firstfully\u00a0vertically integrated\u00a0photovoltaic manufacturers, the company develops, manufactures and<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\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],"tags":[4843,4879,4956,6217],"class_list":["post-14100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-panels","tag-solar-frontier","tag-solar-industry","tag-solar-panels","tag-yingli"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14100","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=14100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}