Loom Solar vs Trina Solar - solar panel manufacturer comparison
Trina Solar has the broader catalog (340 vs 10 models). Trina Solar leads on peak efficiency at 24.80%. Loom Solar leans bifacial (80% 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
Loom Solar is an Indian manufacturer of solar panels, inverters, and lithium batteries, primarily serving the residential and commercial segments. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Faridabad, Haryana, the company sells its products through a network of over 10,000 dealers across India and exports to more than 10...
- Founded
- 2018
- Headquarters
- Faridabad, India
- Annual capacity
- 0.3 GW/year
- Employees
- 100-500
- Founded
- 1997
- Headquarters
- Changzhou, China
- 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
Loom Solar skews to higher efficiency: 30% of lineup is 23%+
Loom Solar offers more 600W+ panels (40% of lineup)
Dominant cell tech: <strong>TOPCon</strong> (70%)
Dominant cell tech: <strong>TOPCon</strong> (73%)
The flagships
Written summary
Loom Solar is an Indian manufacturer headquartered in Faridabad, founded in 2018 by Amol and Amod Anand. In under a decade the company has grown into one of India's more prominent domestic solar brands, recently crossing the Rs 1,000 crore annual turnover milestone and targeting a module manufacturing capacity of 1.2 GW by 2026. All products carry BIS, IEC, ALMM, and ISO certifications relevant to the Indian regulatory framework. Loom Solar does not appear on the BloombergNEF Tier 1 PV module manufacturer list, which limits its bankability for project-financed installations outside its home market. Trina Solar, by contrast, is a Chinese manufacturer founded in 1997 and headquartered in Changzhou. With approximately 100 GW of confirmed annual module capacity as of the BloombergNEF Q2 2025 Tier 1 ranking - placing it among the top five global producers alongside LONGi, Jinko Solar, JA Solar, and Tongwei - Trina carries far greater institutional weight in international financing circles. On the dimension of global reach and financier acceptance, Trina Solar holds a considerably stronger position.
Loom Solar's flagship offering is the SHARK series, which spans TOPCon bifacial and HJT variants and targets primarily residential rooftop installations across India, with growing ambitions in commercial and utility-scale segments under schemes such as PM-KUSUM. Trina Solar's portfolio is more comprehensively tiered: the Vertex S and Vertex S+ lines, built around i-TOPCon cell technology, serve residential and commercial rooftop buyers with modules up to around 485 W and performance warranties extending to 30 years on select products. The large-format Vertex N series - reaching up to 760 W in confirmed mass production - addresses utility-scale ground-mount projects on every continent. Trina has publicly committed to TOPCon as its primary cell architecture going forward.
For international buyers - including those in North American and European markets - Trina Solar is the more practical default, given its proven bankability, depth of global supply chain, and installer ecosystem. Loom Solar is a credible and locally relevant choice for buyers in India who value ALMM compliance and domestic manufacturing, but it is not yet positioned to compete with Trina at the global level. The two brands are not interchangeable: they serve largely distinct geographies and buyer profiles.
Generated by Claude Sonnet · 2026-06-28
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