Highest Efficiency Solar Panels 2016

Right now sunpower manufactures the most efficient panels on the market the series x which boast a whopping 22 8 efficiency rating.

Highest efficiency solar panels 2016.

As of 2016 the highest efficiency achieved for monocrystalline solar panels in real life is about 24. Factors that affect solar panel efficiency. The highest efficiency solar panels on the market today can reach almost 23 percent efficiency. The top honor was claimed by researchers at the national renewable energy laboratory nrel who have developed a new solar cell with an efficiency of 47 1 percent.

A one meter square panel that is 20 efficient produces 200 watts. The efficiency of a solar panel is measured by dividing the amount of insolation incident solar radiation falling over a solar cell to the amount of electrical energy produced. In 2015 sunpower and panasonic had been vying with each other to race to the top of the solar panel efficiency mountain with each announcing efficiency nearing 23. There are a few other solar panel manufacturers that produce premium efficiency panels which all clock in with efficiencies above 20.

That makes it the most efficient. Though they will come with a higher price tag sunpower will often be the consumer favorite for anyone concerned with efficiency as a primal metric of interest. Solar panels have been consistently increasing in efficiency at about 5 annually since 2010. This video looks at the most efficient solar cells in 2016 for all technologies.

And just recently we built a photovoltaic module in our laboratory that was verified by the national renewable energy laboratory to be 24 1 percent efficient the highest among manufacturers of silicon panels. This is because the low efficiency can be compensated by the providing extra space for the panels. This was announced by the premium solar panel maker sunpower. The most efficient solar panels on the market today have efficiency ratings as high as 22 8 whereas the majority of panels range from 15 to 17 efficiency rating.