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A.B. Energy vs HY SOLAR - solar panel manufacturer comparison

A.B. Energy
Germany Founded 1996
Read the A.B. Energy review
VS
HY SOLAR
Headquarters not published
Read the HY SOLAR review
At a glance

HY SOLAR has the broader catalog (91 vs 0 models). HY SOLAR leans bifacial (100% of lineup).

Both catalogues are read from the manufacturers' own datasheets. A brand is not scored against the market here, only against the other brand on this page.

Panel models
0 91
Highest power
0 Wp 730 Wp
Best efficiency
- 23.8%
Average efficiency
- 22.9%
Bifacial share
0% 100%
Average warranty
- 30 yrs
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The two companies

Company facts, not datasheet figures
A.B. Energy

ABO Energy is a renewable energy company that develops and constructs renewable energy projects, focusing on wind, solar, and storage facilities. They offer turnkey solutions and have connected several gigawatts of nominal output to the grid. The company is active internationally and is committed to driving the energy...

Founded
1996
Headquarters
Wiesbaden, Germany
Employees
1,400
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Catalogue against catalogue

Averages over every model in the database
Metric A.B. Energy HY SOLAR
Catalog & Power
Panel Models 0 91+91
Max Power 0 W 730 W+730 W
Avg Power 0 W 571 W+571 W
Efficiency
Max Efficiency - 23.80%
Avg Efficiency - 22.94%
Reliability & Warranty
Avg Temp Coefficient - -0.290%/°C
Bifacial Share 0 (0%) 91 (100%)+100 pp
Avg Warranty - 30.0 yrs

An average over a catalogue describes the range a manufacturer publishes, not the module you would buy. A brand with two flagship panels and eighty older ones averages worse than one that has retired its back catalogue.

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What each of them builds

Cell technology across the market
Efficiency spread
Share of each catalogue in every efficiency band

HY SOLAR skews to higher efficiency: 54% of lineup is 23%+

Power spread
Share of each catalogue in every power band

HY SOLAR offers more 600W+ panels (51% of lineup)

A.B. Energy cell technology
Share of their models by cell architecture
HY SOLAR cell technology
Share of their models by cell architecture

Dominant cell tech: <strong>TOPCon</strong> (100%)

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The flagships

Highest-power models from each brand
A.B. Energy all models
No panels from this manufacturer are in the database yet.
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Written summary

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HY SOLAR, the brand name for Hongyuan Green Energy Co., Ltd., is a Chinese manufacturer founded in 2002 and headquartered in Wuxi, China. The company is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (603185) and has built a vertically integrated operation spanning silicon material, wafers, cells, and finished modules, with reported module nameplate capacity in the range of 26 GW. In 2024 the company delivered over 45 GW of photovoltaic products across its full value chain, and in early 2026 it moved to take management control of the Suntech brand, signalling further ambition in global markets. No public BloombergNEF Tier 1 confirmation was found in available sources, but the company's scale and exchange listing give it a substantial institutional footprint. A.B. Energy, by contrast, appears from publicly accessible directories to be a small Italian company active as an energy-efficiency integrator and seller rather than a volume module manufacturer, and no credible independent reviews, capacity figures, or bankability assessments surfaced across multiple targeted searches.

On the product side, HY SOLAR's current lineup centres on N-type TOPCon bifacial modules under its HT series, covering a wide power range suited to residential rooftops, commercial installations, and utility-scale ground mounts. The cells have reached mass-production efficiencies above 27 percent according to company disclosures, and pv magazine awarded the N-type TOPCon line a five-star rating. For A.B. Energy, no datasheets, cell-technology disclosures, or independent performance tests could be located, making a technology-level comparison impossible without risking invented claims.

For a buyer evaluating the two brands in 2025-2026, HY SOLAR is the clearly documented choice - it offers verifiable scale, a confirmed TOPCon roadmap, long-term warranty support backed by a publicly traded parent, and growing global distribution. A.B. Energy's profile in independent sources is too thin to recommend it with confidence for any sizeable project; due diligence would require direct contact with the company and local installer references before committing.

Generated by Claude Sonnet · 2026-06-23

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Something missing from a catalogue? Both lists are built from the datasheets in the database. If a model is absent, it has not been ingested yet.

Comparisons are computed from manufacturer datasheets held in the ComparePV database and may not reflect a brand's complete current lineup. Nothing on this page is paid placement.