ARTsolar vs Lina Energy - solar panel manufacturer comparison
Lina Energy has the broader catalog (37 vs 0 models). Lina Energy leans bifacial (19% 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.
The two companies
LiNa Energy is a technology company specializing in the development and provision of low-cost, high-performance, and safe sodium batteries. The company focuses on renewable energy storage solutions, offering a safer and more sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries. Their solid-state sodium battery technology...
- Founded
- 2017
- Headquarters
- Lancaster, United Kingdom
- Employees
- 28
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
Dominant cell tech: <strong>TOPCon</strong> (30%)
The flagships
Written summary
Lina Energy is a Bulgarian solar panel manufacturer founded in 2016 and operating as part of the ALB International Group, with additional offices in Jordan and China. The company is relatively small - around 257 staff reported - and no confirmed BNEF Tier 1 bankability listing has surfaced from public sources. ARTsolar, by contrast, was established in 2010 in Durban, South Africa, and describes itself as the country's only locally owned solar panel manufacturer. Its production facility was originally rated at around 300 MW per year, and a partnership with LONGi Green Energy announced in 2021 targeted an additional 500 MW of annual assembly capacity. In mid-2025, ARTsolar announced a further expansion agreement with JA Solar. Neither company appears on the Bloomberg NEF Tier 1 list in available public data, but ARTsolar's scale and its succession of agreements with top-tier Chinese cell suppliers give it a measurably stronger institutional footprint.
On the product side, Lina Energy offers a broad catalogue spanning monocrystalline, polycrystalline, thin-film, flexible, and colored panel formats with output ratings in the 280 W to 450 W range - a lineup suited to diverse small- and medium-scale applications rather than any single dominant use case. ARTsolar's portfolio centers on standard monocrystalline modules, with its assembly lines capable of processing PERC, bifacial, N-type, and HJT cell formats supplied by partner manufacturers. Its panels carry TUV (IEC) and SABS certification and a 30-year linear power output guarantee, positioning the brand primarily for utility-scale projects and residential or commercial rooftops across southern Africa.
For a buyer in 2025, ARTsolar is the stronger default if the project sits in South Africa or the broader African region, where local certification, supply chain proximity, and demonstrated utility-scale delivery carry weight. Lina Energy may suit buyers needing thin-film or specialty format panels, but its limited public track record makes bankability harder to assess without direct due diligence.
Generated by Claude Sonnet · 2026-05-15
Other brand comparisons
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.