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Canadian Solar vs Miolentek - solar panel manufacturer comparison

Canadian Solar
Canada Founded 2001 Tier 1
Read the Canadian Solar review
VS
Miolentek
China Founded 2015
Read the Miolentek review
At a glance

Canadian Solar has the broader catalog (292 vs 0 models). Canadian Solar leans bifacial (46% 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
292 0
Highest power
730 Wp 0 Wp
Best efficiency
24.4% -
Average efficiency
20.7% -
Bifacial share
46% 0%
Average warranty
28 yrs -
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The two companies

Company facts, not datasheet figures
Canadian Solar

Canadian Solar Inc. is a global renewable energy company founded in 2001. Headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario, it manufactures solar PV modules and provides battery energy storage solutions. The company also develops utility-scale solar power and battery energy storage projects.

Founded
2001
Headquarters
Kitchener, Canada
Annual capacity
51 GW/year
Employees
17,113
Tier 1 bankable
Yes
Miolentek

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
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Catalogue against catalogue

Averages over every model in the database
Metric Canadian Solar Miolentek
Catalog & Power
Panel Models 292+292 0
Max Power 730 W+730 W 0 W
Avg Power 472 W+472 W 0 W
Efficiency
Max Efficiency 24.40% -
Avg Efficiency 20.66% -
Reliability & Warranty
Avg Temp Coefficient -0.331%/°C -
Bifacial Share 133 (46%)+46 pp 0 (0%)
Avg Warranty 28.2 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

Canadian Solar skews to higher efficiency: 13% of lineup is 23%+

Power spread
Share of each catalogue in every power band

Canadian Solar offers more 600W+ panels (24% of lineup)

Canadian Solar cell technology
Share of their models by cell architecture

Dominant cell tech: <strong>PERC</strong> (67%)

Miolentek cell technology
Share of their models by cell architecture
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The flagships

Highest-power models from each brand
Miolentek all models
No panels from this manufacturer are in the database yet.
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Written summary

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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.

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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.