Skip to main content

GL Solar vs TCL - solar panel manufacturer comparison

GL Solar
Italy Founded 2000
Read the GL Solar review
VS
TCL
China Founded 1981
Read the TCL review
At a glance

GL Solar has the broader catalog (13 vs 0 models). GL Solar leans bifacial (100% 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
13 0
Highest power
640 Wp 0 Wp
Best efficiency
23.6% -
Average efficiency
22.6% -
Bifacial share
100% 0%
Average warranty
30 yrs -
01

The two companies

Company facts, not datasheet figures
GL Solar

GL Solar Energy s.r.l. is a small Italian company based in Marcianise (Caserta) specializing in the design, production, and installation of photovoltaic systems for residential and industrial applications. The company also distributes solar panels and related equipment, working with major international brands such as...

Founded
2000
Headquarters
Marcianise, Italy
Employees
1-10
TCL
Founded
1981
Headquarters
Huizhou, China
02

Catalogue against catalogue

Averages over every model in the database
Metric GL Solar TCL
Catalog & Power
Panel Models 13+13 0
Max Power 640 W+640 W 0 W
Avg Power 603 W+603 W 0 W
Efficiency
Max Efficiency 23.60% -
Avg Efficiency 22.61% -
Reliability & Warranty
Avg Temp Coefficient -0.274%/°C -
Bifacial Share 13 (100%)+100 pp 0 (0%)
Avg Warranty 30.0 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.

03

What each of them builds

Cell technology across the market
Efficiency spread
Share of each catalogue in every efficiency band

GL Solar skews to higher efficiency: 38% of lineup is 23%+

Power spread
Share of each catalogue in every power band

GL Solar offers more 600W+ panels (77% of lineup)

GL Solar cell technology
Share of their models by cell architecture

Dominant cell tech: <strong>HJT</strong> (54%)

TCL cell technology
Share of their models by cell architecture
04

The flagships

Highest-power models from each brand
No panels from this manufacturer are in the database yet.
05

Written summary

Checking cache...
06

Other brand comparisons

Build your own
Manufacturers
GL Solar A.B. Energy
Manufacturers
AE Solar TCL
Manufacturers
GL Solar AEET
Manufacturers
AIKO TCL
Manufacturers
GL Solar AKCOME
Manufacturers
ARTsolar TCL
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.

Shop prices: See 2 GL Solar offers

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.