ARTsolar vs Miolentek - 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
Shenzhen Mioulong Technology Co., Ltd. (Miolentek) focuses on designing, researching, developing, manufacturing, and selling various solar panels including PET, ETFE, epoxy, and glass solar panels. They offer OEM/ODM services and release new products monthly to meet market trends. The company operates in-house...
- Founded
- 2015
- Headquarters
- Shenzhen, China
- Employees
- 200
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
Miolentek (operating as Shenzhen Mioulong Technology Co., Ltd.) is a small Chinese manufacturer founded in 2015, headquartered in Shenzhen, with approximately 200 employees. The company focuses on specialty and portable solar formats - PET-laminated, ETFE, epoxy, semi-flexible, and glass panels - primarily targeting OEM customers and niche consumer electronics markets rather than conventional rooftop or ground-mount installations. ARTsolar, founded in 2010 and based in Durban, South Africa, is the continent's only locally owned solar panel manufacturer and operates a 325 MW module assembly facility commissioned in 2022 through a technology partnership with Chinese manufacturer Talesun. Neither company appears on a major Tier 1 bankability list, but ARTsolar has a distinctly stronger institutional footprint, having supplied panels into South Africa's government-backed REIPPP and RMIPPP renewable energy programs.
The two companies serve fundamentally different market segments, which makes a direct portfolio comparison difficult. Miolentek's product data is sparse - no rated module wattage or efficiency figures are publicly aggregated - because its output consists largely of small-format specialty panels rather than standard 60- or 72-cell residential and commercial modules. ARTsolar's portfolio, by contrast, centers on a 600 Wp TOPCon monofacial module with 23.21% efficiency, a temperature coefficient of -0.31% per degree Celsius, and a 30-year performance warranty - specifications that sit comfortably at the upper end of the mainstream market. The 100% TOPCon cell share reflects a deliberate move toward n-type technology, which offers better low-light performance and lower degradation than older PERC designs. The absence of bifacial products in ARTsolar's current lineup suggests a focus on standard rooftop and commercial applications rather than utility-scale ground-mount projects where bifaciality adds meaningful yield.
For any buyer evaluating standard residential or commercial solar panels, ARTsolar is the only realistic option of the two. Its 600 Wp TOPCon offering with 23.21% efficiency and a 30-year warranty is a genuinely competitive specification, and the 325 MW domestic factory gives South African and broader sub-Saharan African installers a local supply chain advantage. Miolentek serves a separate purpose entirely - portable charging pads, flexible marine applications, OEM integration - and should not be evaluated against conventional panel manufacturers. If your project involves rooftop or ground-mount generation, these two brands are not interchangeable; ARTsolar is the clear default, while Miolentek simply does not compete in that space.
Generated by Claude Sonnet · 2026-05-13
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