If you have just installed the most efficient solar modules in Australia on your roof, you can no longer enjoy this boast: Aiko Solar claims (again) your own record with what is what you say is that the first one Housing relationship in Australia exceeds 24% module efficiency.
The company based in Shanghai has announced the local start of the Neostar 480W, which is retained a compact footprint of 1757 x 1134 mm.
Ronald Brakels from Solarquotes’ based factual test notes that “Aiko Panel’s Neostar panels has sold overseas with efficiency of up to 25%. However, these were large boards that are about 2.5 meters long, which they cumbersome to install and often difficult to fit on a home roof. “
He added: “The higher the solar panel efficiency, the more electricity can be generated from a certain amount of roof space. So they are particularly useful for people with a limited roof area. “
Solar quotes approached AKO to confirm the exact level of efficiency, and the company revealed that the Neostar 480W achieved efficiency of 24.1%.
Aiko Country Director Thomas Bywater advised Solarquotes: “In the past 12 months we were able to lift the same architecture on the existing production line by adapting the time of certain processes, the types of pastes and materials for the production of cells to the same architecture and tailor -made selection of the underlying silicon (we actually need less doping, more resistance). “
The solar panel efficiency -equipment
The efficiency percentage represents how much solar radiation energy that hits the surface of a panel is then converted into electrical energy. Compare the performance of the Neostar 480W with some other market leaders:
- Longi’s scientific boards available in Australia are 23.3% efficiency – the same assessment as the best of Canadian solar.
- The highest evaluation of Kings Maxeon Sunpower, which has been efficient for many years, is 23%;
- The most efficient panel of Premium Brand Rec is 22.6%.
Where it used to be the case not too long ago that a higher efficiency panel was at a premium price, this dynamic changes quickly.
Ronald was optimistic about the role that plays this efficiency scaffolding in the panel prices. “A higher efficiency means that less material is required per watt to make the panel and keep the costs low,” he says. “And the costs for the panels have really dropped in the past 14 months.”
In the establishment of the company in the Chinese city of Zhuhai, “the first pilot shipping of the 480W Neostar 2P are already on the way to solar juice, Aiko’s local sales partner,” said a spokesman for Aiko in a statement.
Aiko solar modules, which were set up by the installers in NSW in Kennedy’s sanitary and electrics.
Win Australian installers
The announcement is made after AIKo, as an initial provider, had won the best solar modules convincingly for the best solar modules after only launching in Australia at the beginning of last year.
A reference to Aiko’s popularity in Australian installers could be that the company’s Slick marketing surgery occurs as much for home owners.
Aiko’s press release announced that the Neostar 480W was “meticulously constructed in order to meet the needs of Australian solar installers … with a weight of less than 22 kilograms and less than 2 square meters, which maintains compact, light design, which the installers for safe handling And evaluate and relax lightness. “
Aiko also has its standard neostar 2p 465 watt panel on 470 watts via large dealers and teased the arrival of other new solar module types in the coming weeks.
Aiko Solar was the clear winner of the 2025 Solarquotes Installers’ Choice for the best solar modules.
A shady marketing approach
However, Aiko’s marketing approach attracted some controversy in Australia, whereby the questions of the claim asked that its panels deal with shadow mixture better than the competitors through the “Partial Shading Optimization” solution.
The testing of MC Electrical pulled an angry reaction from Aiko, who allegedly informed the installer based in Brisbane that a video about her shadow claims was “a dirty attack that they will never forget”.
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Back in Aiko HQ, Bywater Solarquotes announced that the company had reached new heights in the near future.
“At first we thought that it would be necessary to start our 3rd generation panels to get 480 watts, but we were able to do this with the existing technology that is currently on the shelf,” he said. “We are exciting that it is even possible to get a 54 -zell production module to 485 watts for the current architecture.”
The next generation of Neostar Panels will change the architecture “in the back at the end of the year” to bring the “module bus” to the rear, which, according to Bywater, could mean that Aiko goes over 485 watts pretty quickly.
Aiko has been targeting and announced an initiative of 4 million US dollars with the Australian Center for Advanced Photovoltaics last year, which aimed at achieving 30% efficiency with interdigited backstact solar cells.
Ronald raised an eyebrow at the finish line and said: “They say that they want to achieve 30% efficiency. It will be difficult, but we hope that you can crawl on it. “
Efficiency is an important consideration for solar collectors, but not the only one – especially if you have a lot of attic. Further information on what you should take into account can be found in our comprehensive guide to buy solar collectors.
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