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A.B. Energy vs Sunket New Energy - solar panel manufacturer comparison

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

Sunket New Energy has the broader catalog (55 vs 0 models). Sunket New Energy leans bifacial (78% 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 55
Highest power
0 Wp 700 Wp
Best efficiency
- 23.0%
Average efficiency
- 21.0%
Bifacial share
0% 78%
Average warranty
- 29 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
Sunket New Energy

Wuxi Sunket New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. specializes in the design, production, and sales of solar cells, photovoltaic modules, lithium batteries, and solar systems. The company is committed to becoming a diversified, large-scale, international professional solar green energy supplier, providing one-stop services...

Founded
2007
Headquarters
Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China
Annual capacity
3 GW/year
Employees
201-500
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Catalogue against catalogue

Averages over every model in the database
Metric A.B. Energy Sunket New Energy
Catalog & Power
Panel Models 0 55+55
Max Power 0 W 700 W+700 W
Avg Power 0 W 465 W+465 W
Efficiency
Max Efficiency - 23.04%
Avg Efficiency - 21.05%
Reliability & Warranty
Avg Temp Coefficient - -0.302%/°C
Bifacial Share 0 (0%) 43 (78%)+78 pp
Avg Warranty - 28.9 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

Sunket New Energy skews to higher efficiency: 2% of lineup is 23%+

Power spread
Share of each catalogue in every power band

Sunket New Energy offers more 600W+ panels (9% of lineup)

A.B. Energy cell technology
Share of their models by cell architecture
Sunket New Energy cell technology
Share of their models by cell architecture

Dominant cell tech: <strong>TOPCon</strong> (53%)

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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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Sunket New Energy is a Chinese manufacturer headquartered in Wuxi, Jiangsu, founded in 2012 as a high-tech enterprise under the Delin Holding Group. The company produces solar cells, photovoltaic modules, and energy storage systems, and its products are shipped to more than 100 countries across Europe, South America, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. No BloombergNEF Tier 1 designation for Sunket could be confirmed through available third-party sources, though the brand carries a broad set of international certifications including TUV, UL, IEC, CEC, and MCS. A.B. Energy, by contrast, is an Italian entity classified by ENF Solar - a widely used industry directory - as a seller and distributor rather than a panel manufacturer, drawing on roughly 30 years of shareholder experience in the electric and electronic equipment sector. On the basis of verified manufacturing scale and international reach, Sunket has the stronger industrial footprint.

Sunket's catalog spans residential rooftops through utility-scale ground mounts, with outputs reportedly ranging from 110 W to 700 W. Independent review aggregators note that the company works across monocrystalline PERC, TOPCon, and HJT cell technologies, with bifacial configurations forming a significant share of the current lineup. A.B. Energy does not appear to manufacture proprietary photovoltaic modules; its commercial offer is oriented toward integrated residential energy systems - including the BluE Series three-phase all-in-one storage product - rather than self-branded panels. Buyers sourcing panels through A.B. Energy would in practice be acquiring modules made by third-party manufacturers.

For any buyer specifically seeking a solar panel manufacturer, Sunket New Energy is the more relevant entity, with a documented production line, multi-technology portfolio, and export presence. A.B. Energy operates closer to the role of a system integrator or value-added reseller, making a direct product-to-product comparison difficult to draw. Buyers should clarify with A.B. Energy whether panels are supplied under a proprietary brand or resold from an established maker before committing to procurement.

Generated by Claude Sonnet · 2026-06-14

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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.