ARTsolar vs Ginlong Solis - solar panel manufacturer comparison
Both brands are closely matched on catalog size, efficiency and bifacial share - the choice comes down to local availability, price and specific model features.
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.
The two companies
Ginlong (Solis) Technologies is a global manufacturer of solar string inverters and energy storage solutions, founded in 2005 and headquartered in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. The company is the world's third-largest PV inverter manufacturer, serving residential, commercial, and utility-scale customers across more than...
- Founded
- 2005
- Headquarters
- Ningbo, China
- Employees
- 4500+
- Listed
- SZSE: 300763
- Tier 1 bankable
- Yes
Catalogue against catalogue
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.
What each of them builds
Written summary
ARTsolar is a South African module manufacturer founded in 2010 and headquartered in Durban, operating as the only 100% locally owned solar panel producer in South Africa at meaningful scale. The company has grown through successive technology agreements with global Tier 1 names - most recently JA Solar, which formalized a 340 MW annual co-manufacturing arrangement with ARTsolar in June 2025, upgrading the Durban factory to produce large-format monocrystalline modules to JA Solar's specifications. ARTsolar does not carry a standalone BloombergNEF Tier 1 module rating, but output assembled under the JA Solar framework benefits from that partner's bankability credentials. Ginlong (Solis) Technologies, founded in 2005 and based in Ningbo, China, is one of the world's largest string inverter manufacturers - not a solar module producer. Solis achieved BloombergNEF Tier 1 recognition as a PV inverter brand in Q1 2025, serves more than 100 countries, and ranks third globally by inverter shipments. These two brands therefore do not compete for the same position in a solar system: ARTsolar sits on the module side of the equipment stack while Solis sits on the inverter side.
ARTsolar's product lineup is concentrated on commercial and utility-scale applications, shaped largely by South Africa's independent power producer procurement programs that award points for locally manufactured content. The modules produced under the JA Solar partnership follow that partner's large-format, high-efficiency monocrystalline cell approach. Solis's inverter portfolio spans residential string and hybrid units from roughly 3 kW up through large commercial string products, with its 2025 launches adding hybrid residential inverters in the 9.6-16 kW range and commercial models up to 60 kW.
For a buyer selecting solar panels in southern Africa - particularly under South Africa's REIPPPP or similar local-content procurement rules - ARTsolar is the pertinent choice. Ginlong Solis is not an alternative panel supplier; it is a complementary inverter brand. A system built with ARTsolar modules and Solis inverters is a coherent and realistic combination rather than a competitive scenario.
- JA Solar and ARTsolar agree to expand PV module manufacturing in South Africa
- ARTsolar and JA Solar driving South Africa's renewable energy revolution
- Solis marks 20th anniversary with Tier 1 BloombergNEF recognition
- ARTsolar solar panels review 2026 - ComparePV
- Ningbo Ginlong Technologies solar inverters - EnergySage
Generated by Claude Sonnet · 2026-06-26
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