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A.B. Energy vs Resun Solar - solar panel manufacturer comparison

A.B. Energy
Germany Founded 1996
Read the A.B. Energy review
VS
Resun Solar
China Founded 2007
Read the Resun Solar review
At a glance

Resun Solar has the broader catalog (236 vs 0 models). Resun Solar leans bifacial (31% 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
0 236
Highest power
0 Wp 735 Wp
Best efficiency
- 23.7%
Average efficiency
- 21.5%
Bifacial share
0% 31%
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
Resun Solar

Resun Solar Energy Co., Ltd. specializes in developing and manufacturing high-quality, cost-effective photovoltaic solar modules. With factories accredited by ISO9001 & 14001, their panels are certified by TUV, IEC61215, IEC61730, and other international quality systems. The company's sales network spans over 80...

Founded
2007
Headquarters
Suzhou, China
Annual capacity
1 GW/year
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Catalogue against catalogue

Averages over every model in the database
Metric A.B. Energy Resun Solar
Catalog & Power
Panel Models 0 236+236
Max Power 0 W 735 W+735 W
Avg Power 0 W 510 W+510 W
Efficiency
Max Efficiency - 23.66%
Avg Efficiency - 21.52%
Reliability & Warranty
Avg Temp Coefficient - -0.318%/°C
Bifacial Share 0 (0%) 73 (31%)+31 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

Resun Solar skews to higher efficiency: 7% of lineup is 23%+

Power spread
Share of each catalogue in every power band

Resun Solar offers more 600W+ panels (29% of lineup)

A.B. Energy cell technology
Share of their models by cell architecture
Resun Solar cell technology
Share of their models by cell architecture

Dominant cell tech: <strong>TOPCon</strong> (66%)

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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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Resun Solar is a Chinese module manufacturer founded in 2005 and headquartered in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. The company operates under two brand labels - Resun Solar and Restar Solar - and has reported an annual production capacity of approximately 5 GW across multiple dust-free assembly facilities. Its panels carry TUV, IEC, CEC, and CE certifications and are insured by the American CHUBB Insurance Group, which provides additional backing for warranty obligations. Resun does not appear on the BloombergNEF Tier 1 bankability list that major project lenders use as a benchmark, positioning it as a credible mid-tier supplier rather than a top-institutional-grade name. A.B. Energy SRLS, by contrast, is an Italian company that operates not as a panel manufacturer but as a solar equipment distributor, reselling modules from established brands such as REC Solar, JA Solar, Trina Solar, and LONGi Solar alongside inverter lines from SMA, Fronius, SolarEdge, and Huawei. On manufacturing scale and direct production credentials, Resun Solar holds the stronger industrial footprint.

Resun's catalog spans a broad power range - from small portable panels up to large-format 720 W modules - addressing residential rooftops, commercial installations, and utility-scale ground-mount projects. The company has demonstrated TOPCon cell technology in its RS8I-M series, which aligns with the dominant industry shift in 2024-2025, and offers a 30-year performance warranty that exceeds the conventional 25-year benchmark. A.B. Energy, as a distributor, does not produce its own modules, so its portfolio is effectively whatever brands it partners with at a given time - a flexible but manufacturer-agnostic proposition.

For a buyer seeking to evaluate a single production entity with a traceable factory origin, published datasheets, and independent lab certifications, Resun Solar is the more directly comparable choice. A.B. Energy fills a different role as a procurement intermediary for the Italian market, which can simplify sourcing logistics but does not represent an independent product line to benchmark in technical terms.

Generated by Claude Sonnet · 2026-06-24

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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.