Lefeng Solar vs AIKO - solar panel manufacturer comparison
AIKO has the broader catalog (144 vs 0 models). AIKO leans bifacial (24% 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.
The two companies
Ningbo Lefeng New Energy Co., Ltd. is a leading manufacturer in the photovoltaic industry, specializing in the production and sales of PV modules and cells. The company is also involved in the development, construction, and maintenance of photovoltaic power plants. Lefeng is committed to providing high-quality...
- Founded
- 2005
- Headquarters
- Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China
- Annual capacity
- 2 GW/year
- Founded
- 2009
- Headquarters
- Shanghai, China
- Listed
- SZSE: 600732
- 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
AIKO skews to higher efficiency: 85% of lineup is 23%+
AIKO offers more 600W+ panels (60% of lineup)
Dominant cell tech: <strong>Back Contact</strong> (83%)
The flagships
Written summary
Lefeng Solar, operating as Ningbo Lefeng New Energy Co., Ltd., is a Chinese manufacturer founded in 2005 and headquartered in Ningbo. The company reports an annual production capacity of approximately 2 GW and carries TUV certification across its module range. It does not appear on the BloombergNEF Tier 1 solar module list, which places it outside the bankability tier most relied upon by project finance lenders. AIKO Solar, also headquartered in China, is a younger but faster-growing company that achieved BloombergNEF Tier 1 recognition by Q3 2024 and has reported a nameplate production capacity of roughly 20 GW as of early 2025 - a scale that puts it among the more significant second-wave Chinese manufacturers. On institutional footprint and lender recognition, AIKO holds the clearly stronger position.
Lefeng's catalog spans modules suited to residential, commercial, and utility applications, built primarily on N-type TOPCon bifacial technology - the mainstream cell architecture now common across most Chinese suppliers. The panels are positioned as competitively priced hardware with 30-year power warranties, aimed at buyers who prioritize cost efficiency over premium brand status. AIKO has staked out a more differentiated position around its proprietary N-type ABC (All Back Contact) technology, which moves electrical contacts entirely to the rear of the cell to maximize active surface area and reduce shading losses. The Neostar residential series has been independently cited at efficiencies above 23%, and AIKO claimed a mass-production module efficiency record of 24.4% in mid-2025. Its product lines cover residential rooftops, C&I, and utility-scale ground mounts, with distribution now spanning more than 60 countries and a first-place finish in the 2025 SolarQuotes Installers' Choice Awards.
For most buyers in 2025, AIKO is the stronger default - particularly for homeowners seeking maximum output per square meter or developers requiring financeable, bankable hardware. Lefeng serves a real but narrower niche: cost-sensitive commercial or industrial projects where a non-Tier-1 supplier is acceptable and upfront module cost is the dominant variable. The two brands are not interchangeable in any meaningful sense; they occupy different rungs of the market.
Generated by Claude Sonnet · 2026-05-17
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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.