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FuturaSun vs AEET - solar panel manufacturer comparison

FuturaSun
Italy Founded 2008
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VS
AEET
Headquarters not published
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At a glance

FuturaSun has the broader catalog (36 vs 5 models). FuturaSun leads on peak efficiency at 23.18%. FuturaSun leans bifacial (36% 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
36 5
Highest power
720 Wp 200 Wp
Best efficiency
23.2% 15.7%
Average efficiency
21.6% 14.9%
Bifacial share
36% 0%
Average warranty
27 yrs 25 yrs
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The two companies

Company facts, not datasheet figures
FuturaSun

FuturaSun is an Italian manufacturer of high-performance photovoltaic modules, founded in 2008 in Veneto, the heart of Italy's PV industry. The company distributes solar panels in more than 70 countries and operates production facilities in Taizhou, Asia, with a capacity of around 1 GW/year. FuturaSun is a privately...

Founded
2008
Headquarters
Cittadella, Italy
Annual capacity
1 GW/year
Employees
10-50
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Catalogue against catalogue

Averages over every model in the database
Metric FuturaSun AEET
Catalog & Power
Panel Models 36+31 5
Max Power 720 W+520 W 200 W
Avg Power 472 W+282 W 190 W
Efficiency
Max Efficiency 23.18%+7.48 pp 15.70%
Avg Efficiency 21.59%+6.69 pp 14.90%
Reliability & Warranty
Avg Temp Coefficient -0.308%/°C -
Bifacial Share 13 (36%)+36 pp 0 (0%)
Avg Warranty 26.8 yrs+1.8 yr 25.0 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

FuturaSun skews to higher efficiency: 6% of lineup is 23%+

Power spread
Share of each catalogue in every power band

FuturaSun offers more 600W+ panels (8% of lineup)

FuturaSun cell technology
Share of their models by cell architecture

Dominant cell tech: <strong>TOPCon</strong> (50%)

AEET cell technology
Share of their models by cell architecture

Dominant cell tech: <strong>PERC</strong> (100%)

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The flagships

Highest-power models from each brand
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Written summary

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FuturaSun is an Italian photovoltaic company founded in 2008 and headquartered in Cittadella, in the Veneto region near Padua - a recognized hub of Italian solar manufacturing. The company operates manufacturing facilities in China and, as of 2020, had declared an annual production capacity of around 1 GW at its Taizhou site, with subsequent expansion projects announced including a large-scale TOPCon cell plant in Huai'an, Jiangsu. FuturaSun distributes panels in more than 70 countries. No confirmed BloombergNEF Tier 1 bankability listing was found in recent search results, though the company holds certifications from multiple independent testing laboratories. AEET Energy Group GmbH is a German-based photovoltaic wholesale distributor and installer headquartered in Bad Gandersheim, with a network of more than 500 certified specialist partners across Germany. AEET is not a panel manufacturer in the conventional sense - it acts primarily as a wholesale partner that distributes modules from established brands such as Suntech and Mage Solar, alongside its own white-labeled monocrystalline, polycrystalline, and thin-film modules. No BloombergNEF bankability status was found for AEET. On institutional footprint, FuturaSun has the stronger position as an identifiable, vertically integrated manufacturing brand.

FuturaSun's current product range centers on n-type TOPCon technology under the Silk Nova family, which spans residential formats up to roughly 430 W and larger commercial or utility-grade formats reaching 580 W and beyond. The company also released a 390 W aesthetic panel targeting grey rooftop integration, and the Silk Rhino variant is engineered for heavy-load environments such as high snow regions. AEET's product offer is harder to characterize as a single technology family because its catalog depends on the brands it sources - confirmed search results indicate monocrystalline and polycrystalline options as well as thin-film, but without a proprietary cell technology roadmap.

For a buyer in 2025 seeking a panel with a traceable manufacturing origin, a published product warranty, and an identifiable technology roadmap, FuturaSun is the more concrete choice. AEET is better understood as a regional procurement and installation channel in Germany rather than a manufacturer to compare head-to-head against a vertically integrated brand.

Generated by Claude Sonnet · 2026-06-10

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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.