{"id":14253,"date":"2013-08-19T15:37:01","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T10:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/?p=14253"},"modified":"2013-08-19T15:37:01","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T10:07:01","slug":"comparing-canadian-solar-and-jinko-solar-solar-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/2013\/08\/19\/comparing-canadian-solar-and-jinko-solar-solar-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing Canadian Solar and Jinko Solar solar panels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jinko Solar<\/strong>\u00a0(JKS) is a vertically integrated China based company making Modules, Cells & Wafers. Jinko Solar is one of \"Solar<\/a>the\u00a0lowest cost solar panel producer and was the\u00a0best performing solar stock in 2012<\/a>\u00a0according to me. The company\u00a0has a wide customer base in more than 10 countries, including Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, France, the Czech Republic, Israel, the United States, Japan, Australia and China. Jinko Solar uses\u00a0nanotechnology-based silicon ink and processing platform in the solar panel production.<\/p>\n

Canadian Solar<\/strong> (CSIQ)\u00a0is also a vertically integrated company, providing ingots, wafers, solar cells, solar modules, solar power\u00a0systems\u00a0and specialized solar products. Headquartered in\u00a0Canada, the company has factories in China and Ontario with\u00a0wide customer base covering over 50 countries.\u00a0Canadian Solar also offers customized PV products and OEM service around the world. The company sells panels at quite cheap prices.<\/p>\n

Distinguishing Features between Jinko Solar and Canadian Solar solar modules<\/h1>\n

Types of Solar Modules and Available Models<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Canadian Solar<\/strong> Modules can be broadly classified into: i)\u00a0Standard Modules<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 CS5, CS6, all black CS5A, ii)NewEdge Modules<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 CS6P-PX and\u00a0All Black CS5A-MX,\u00a0iii)e-Modules<\/em>\u00a0iv)\u00a0Quartech Modules<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 CS6P-P, CS6X-P and iv)BIPV Modules<\/em>. These modules can be used for both\u00a0residential and commercial roof-top systems.<\/p>\n

Jinko Solar<\/strong>\u00a0makes i)\u00a0JKM200M-72, ii)\u00a0JKM255M-60 and iii)\u00a0JKM 270M-96 monocrystalline panels and i)\u00a0JKM250P-60 and ii)\u00a0JKM295P-72 polycrystalline panels. JKS modules can also be conveniently used for residential, commercial and utility purposes.<\/p>\n

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

The\u00a0JKS solar panels come with both\u00a0125\u00d7125 mm and\u00a0156\u00d7156 mm for\u00a0monocrystalline modules and\u00a0156\u00d7156 mm for multicrystalline modules. Canadian Solar panels also come with the\u00a0standard 125 x 125 mm and 156 x 156 mm cell arrangement.<\/p>\n

Wattage<\/strong><\/p>\n

For Canadian Solar modules, the available wattage is between\u00a0140 W \u2013 300 W and\u00a0Jinko Solar panels come in 180W \u2013 295W wattage range.<\/p>\n

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

Anodized aluminium alloy frame is common for both the companies\u2019 solar panels. The BIPV modules of Canadian Solar have no frame.<\/p>\n

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

Jinko Solar panels have weights of 14.5 kg, 19 kg and 20 kg\u00a0for monocrystalline modules and 19 kg and 27 kg\u00a0for multicrystalline modules.\u00a0Canadian Solar panels have weight in the range of 15.5 kg \u2013 27 kg.<\/p>\n

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

The solar panels of both the brands come with load resistance of ~5400 pa to withstand wind and snow loads.<\/p>\n

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

Jinko Solar modules have a positive power tolerance of\u00a0\u00a0~0-+3%.Canadian Solar provides power tolerance 0W~5W.<\/p>\n

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

Jinko Solar panels are\u00a0UL, CSA, CEC, T\u00dcV, VDE, MCS and CE certified. Canadian Solar panels come with the top ranked PVUSA (PTC) rating in California for higher energy production.<\/p>\n

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

Jinko Solar modules come with a 10 year warranty.\u00a0Canadian Solar Panels come with 10 years product warranty (materials and workmanship) and 25\u00a0 years linear module power output warranty.<\/p>\n

For other technical details, you can look into the respective websites of\u00a0Canadian Solar<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0\u00a0Jinko Solar<\/a><\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read more Solar Panel Comparisons here<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jinko Solar\u00a0(JKS) is a vertically integrated China based company making Modules, Cells & Wafers. Jinko Solar is one of the\u00a0lowest cost solar panel producer and was [\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":[887,3248,4956],"class_list":["post-14253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-panels","tag-canadian-solar","tag-jinko-solar","tag-solar-panels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14253","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=14253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}