Emmvee vs Yingli - solar panel manufacturer comparison
Yingli has the broader catalog (196 vs 166 models). Yingli leads on peak efficiency at 24.10%.
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
Yingli Solar, also known as Yingli Green Energy, is a leading solar energy company and one of the world's largest vertically integrated PV manufacturers. The company develops, manufactures, and sells PV modules to a wide range of markets. Yingli's mission is to provide affordable green energy for all.
- Founded
- 1998
- Headquarters
- Baoding, Hebei, China
- Annual capacity
- 2.45 GW/year
- Employees
- 9000+
- Listed
- OTC Pink: YGEHY
- 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
Yingli skews to higher efficiency: 21% of lineup is 23%+
Yingli offers more 600W+ panels (37% of lineup)
Dominant cell tech: <strong>TOPCon</strong> (61%)
Dominant cell tech: <strong>PERC</strong> (32%)
The flagships
Written summary
Emmvee is an Indian solar manufacturer headquartered in Bengaluru, founded in 1992. By mid-2025 the company had reached approximately 7.8 GW of module capacity and 2.94 GW of cell capacity, with a newly commissioned 2.5 GW line pushing totals toward 10.3 GW and a further 6 GW integrated facility under development. Emmvee is the only Indian manufacturer to have cleared all seven Kiwa PVEL 2024 Reliability Scorecard tests - a meaningful third-party quality credential - and has secured large institutional orders for TOPCon bifacial modules from Indian power producers. BloombergNEF Tier 1 status for Emmvee has not been publicly confirmed. Yingli is a Chinese manufacturer founded in 1998 in Baoding that was once the world's single largest module supplier. After a deep financial restructuring between 2015 and 2020, the company regained BloombergNEF Tier 1 bankability status, rebuilt capacity to approximately 30 GW, and shipped around 25 GW in 2024 across more than 90 countries. On scale and global institutional recognition, Yingli holds the stronger position.
Emmvee's current product lineup centers on N-type TOPCon bifacial modules ranging from approximately 450 Wp to 580 Wp, alongside a legacy mono PERC offering, targeting primarily C&I and IPP customers in India and the United States. Yingli's flagship Panda 3.0 series is built on the same N-type TOPCon technology and is structured around three application-specific families: the Roof series for residential and commercial rooftops, the Bifacial Double-Glass series for utility-scale ground mounts, and the Ocean Star series for offshore and high-corrosion environments. The Panda 3.0 Plus reaches 720 Wp and carries a temperature coefficient of -0.29 percent per degree Celsius, making it competitive for large-format utility projects worldwide.
For buyers outside India, Yingli is the more pragmatic default choice given its verified bankability, global distribution reach, and large-format module portfolio that lenders already recognize. Emmvee is the stronger option for India-based procurement or when sourcing from a non-Chinese manufacturer is a policy or supply-chain requirement. Both brands now deploy N-type TOPCon technology, so in terms of cell generation they are broadly comparable - the principal differentiators are geographic footprint, institutional recognition, and Emmvee's slightly shorter standard product warranty.
Generated by Claude Sonnet · 2026-06-23
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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.