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Top Players in Solar Industry

Are you planning to install a solar power system? Here are a few suggestions that might help you in deciding the right one.

Since the advent of solar power, many companies have ventured into this domain. While some have failed miserably, some have actually made it to the top of the ladder. There are many companies who have made it big in this field, owing to their efficient products and services.

As per the surveys done in the market, the following are some of the best companies in the industry.

  • SunPower: This Company is known in the market for its highly efficient crystalline silicon PV cells. One of the most breakthrough technologies of this organization is roof tiles and panels that have taken the solar industry by storm. The company has also gained a lot of praise for its new and improved technology in different lines in this domain. They manufacture high quality solar panels that can be used for commercial and residential purposes. Known for their effective services, they also provide consultation related to solar energy and power.
  • Jinko Solar: Located in China, this organization employs more than 10,000 professionals. Being associated to the best available technicians and professionals, the company has been able to provide balanced technologies that have benefited the solar industry. Its research and development unit, in association with different universities, has been credited with several innovations in the industry. Their large manufacturing unit helps in producing the best available solar PV cells, silicon ingots, solar PV modules, and wafers. Its power plants are integrated with advanced technologies of crystalline silicon solar PV.
  • Suntech: Spread across 80 countries, this company has become one of the largest silicon solar panel manufacturers in the world. The organization has been able to attain the photovoltaic conversion efficiency, owing to their technologically advanced solar panels. Along with this, it has supplied more than 8 GWs photovoltaic panels to more than a thousand customers spread across the globe. Its aim is to reach a grid parity in solar energy with the help of its efficient research and development team that will bring forth different client centric innovations in the domain of solar power.
  • GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT): They have been working on new technologies aimed to decrease the price of poly silicon in the market. With a vision for the future, this organization is looking to bring innovation in different solar products. A huge R&D department has helped them produce the best available poly silicon equipment that has helped many customers and small industries to manufacture low cost and high quality poly silicon.
  • First Solar: Being one of the global leaders, this organization has been able to provide different customers and commercial clients with photovoltaic (PV) solar energy products and solutions. Their prime motive is to provide customers with cost effective solar solutions. This company has pioneered in financing, constructing, developing, engineering, and operating the world’s largest grid-connected photovoltaic power plants. Its research and development unit has been able to integrate different technologies, expertise, and services that have propelled them to provide an affordable and reliable solar electricity source to various customers around the globe.
  • Trina Solar: Founded in the year 1997, this company is one of the leaders in system integration and crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules. Pioneering in this field, they have been able to shape the future of solar energy in the world with the help of innovative techniques of solar modules. It provides different models of solar modules for both commercial and residential customers. Among the multi-crystalline range, it provides some of the most innovative dual glass modules and cell utility modules that help customers optimize the power generation. The R&D available at Trina Solar has made it possible for the company to provide solutions of DC optimization, which has ensured an efficient and effective way of solar power generation.

All the above companies are working towards making a difference in the domain of solar energy in their own way. Their efforts and research have helped many in the past and are a guarantee for the success of solar energy in the future.

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