High efficiency solar panel - Spring 2013
As of Spring 2013, what high efficiency solar panel do you opinion offers the best performance for the dollar? And where do you purchase them in less than pallet lots? Thanks Woody
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harold1946 wrote:HiTech wrote:
Of course it can. There are many ways to measure efficiency. Watts output at standard test conditions/ energy out vs energy in in one very lab specific set of circumstances is but one possible way. Cost efficiency per watt is a valid measure. Efficiency in total watts generated per a particular roof space (which will include packaging efficiency as well as panel energy conversion efficiency) is another.
Google "cost efficiency" in quotes.
Jim
I would respectfully desagree. Efficiency is one thing, cost is another. The most efficient panels are also the highest price per watt.
There is only one standard used in the industry for measuring the efficiency of solar panels, and has nothing to do with what the manufacturers price is.
When someone says efficiency in regard to a solar panel I would agree. But cost efficiency is a very standard term across technologies and has a clear and valid meaning as well.
Jim
