Top 3 Most Efficient Solar Panels Going Into 2024

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In this video, Joe presents the top 3 most efficient residential solar panels are we are going into 2024.

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[marcfruchtman]

Thanks for making this video. Those are very enticing panels! However, Buyers are NOT interested in efficiency (and should, generally, not be interested either). Panel Efficiency doesn't mean anything provided that the panel efficiency is in a decent range. It is just a selling point, and has almost nothing to do with "Price per Watt" which IS what the consumer needs to know about, as well as warranty, ability to handle hail, and Aesthetic (they want all black panels). Unless the buyer happens to have a very very small rooftop, efficiency is really not very important as long as it is reasonable.
Edit: However, if the efficiency of a panel drops to the point where you need to buy another one to meet the anticipated load, then you might have to account for the added cost of hardware to mount it etc.

[hersheyscoco]

Nice video, thank you. An interesting follow up would be to do a mini educational video on the new and upcoming technologies coming up in the next 2-3 years. From my understanding Perovskite solar panels are now starting to leave the lab environment and are being scaled up for commercial applications.

These tandem cells should be able to get a significant uplift over today's state of art cells.

[jasonbroom]

The heck with "efficient" - tell us about cost-effective.

[johnzxrk]

Thank You Good Sir. Great Information, that I needed.

[joenicotera]

It's the "how" of how solar panels are rated that causes such stories as "The parent company HAD somebody else making the product." NO MENTION THAT THE PARENT COMPANY IS DOING NOTHING OTHER THAN FLIPPING CHINESE MADE PRODUCTS AND ISN'T BUILT WITH THE INTENTIONS OF ANYTHING ELSE. Ok, now with THAT behind us as well as in front of us...what that efficiency figure is is for one cell out of the bunch....it has nothing to do with the panels actual measured efficiency.

Now, you would think this would be common sense because I could just as well make the panel twice the size and with half the cells and have the same numbers...so "efficiency" and panel have nothing to do with one another. Now, we take our panel and now, every nine cells we need to deduct 1 1/5 cells from the figure, because we need to include blocking diodes. So, although the manufacture says it will put out 400 watts...it will never actually do it. The took the math from the testing of one cell and multiplied it by the number of cells...they never told anyone that most of the cells do go in the dumpster because NASA intends on putting them in space and tests them before they build the panel and afterward. They don't tell you that NASA doesn't need blocking diodes because birds don't plop out of the sky in geostationary orbit. AND THEY DEFIANTLY DO NOT TELL YOU THAT ALL OF THE MANUFACTURERS OF PANELS DO IT THE SAME WAY.

WITH THAT...HOW MANY WATTS PER SQUARE METER?


Now, I'm gonna check my math. If I put my money in the bank and don't pay some banker for the loan and withdraw $200 every month to pay some percentage of my electric bill then will I be loosing money? Current US National average price on a KWh a tad under 16 cents. So, $200 divided by 16 cents is 1250 KWh per month. That is KW hours not kilowatts. With thirty days in the month and 24 hours in the day..I get 1.7 kilowatts every hour, every day, all day long...without buying a solar panel, a charger, a battery or an inverter.

I'm sure anyone reading this would know...but $200 a month won't even pay to shingle a roof. So, the price of solar has gone down a lot but that is relative to the price of electricity going up. It's a nice idea but it's like listening to a car salesman about how much I can save by spending my money.

[Maellon]

The Info is not right The Aiko N-Type ABC Series overperform all this 3 modules whif 23.6% Effizients and 88.85% System Power behind 30 years

[financialprofessional]

Have you, or will you produce a video explaining the difference in efficiency and cost of "solar panels" versus "solar roof shingles"?

[MichaelSmith-qrny]

Have seen ads for "solar stack" adhesive roof attachments for solar panels that do not penetrate the roofing material, any feed back on that system?

[pnketia]

Just curious on your thoughts about the Renogy 550 Watt Monocrystalline Solar Panels. On their website they state 22.8% efficiency which is higher than the ones you mentioned while also being a higher wattage.

[Z-add]

Qcells is a german manufacturer owned by a korean Hanwha. How is it American?

[brandonlotsberg]

This is a bit off you're using the 420w Maxeon vs the 430 Qcell. I sell Maxeon 440s and they are 22.8%

[michaelferketic]

I heard from CED the Q.TRON will need to be paired with a different Enphase micro that won't be available until Q3 2024 as it cannot be paired with any of the current IQ8 series micros. Have you heard anything about this?

[jamesbellon]

Nothing about this was educational, it was more of a sales video for these brands. And there are plenty of better brands out there that have 23% and 24% efficiency now. Thanks!

[kaf]

Good update I have been buying tier 1 panels for.25 to .35 / watt since 2017 for my diy instills 32kwAc so far.

[CooreyMichael]

@RezaReportsBoosters
I appreciate the info,

[jatinpatel]

Very nice video, can you please recommend top commercial panels as well?

[erlinavicente]

Do you talk about Jinko solar? They are all over the world. Do you talk about the best products worldwide, not just in the US?

[Bowhuntersgoxzx]

Thanks Joe - Always great to see you give updates on solar panels and solar components.

[asterj.]

The best panel compared to all the one you mention is Aiko solar module Neostar series with ABC technology with efficiency exceeding 24% and all black panel even the frames in their 2S module.

[Z-add]

According to clean energy reviews. Their are 20 residential panels that have efficiency over 22.3%