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Reliance New Energy vs AKCOME - solar panel manufacturer comparison

Reliance New Energy
India Founded 2021 Tier 1
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AKCOME
China Founded 2003
Read the AKCOME review
At a glance

Reliance New Energy has the broader catalog (7 vs 3 models). Reliance New Energy leads on peak efficiency at 23.10%.

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.

Panel models
7 3
Highest power
720 Wp 700 Wp
Best efficiency
23.1% 22.5%
Average efficiency
22.6% 21.6%
Bifacial share
100% 100%
Average warranty
30 yrs 30 yrs
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The two companies

Company facts, not datasheet figures
Reliance New Energy

Reliance New Energy Limited (RNEL) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, India's largest conglomerate, established to build an integrated renewable energy business. It is developing solar photovoltaic module and cell manufacturing at the Dhirubhai Ambani Green Energy Giga Complex in Jamnagar...

Founded
2021
Headquarters
Mumbai, India
Annual capacity
10-20 GW/year
Tier 1 bankable
Yes
AKCOME
Founded
2003
Headquarters
Suzhou, China
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Catalogue against catalogue

Averages over every model in the database
Metric Reliance New Energy AKCOME
Catalog & Power
Panel Models 7+4 3
Max Power 720 W+20 W 700 W
Avg Power 705 W+33 W 672 W
Efficiency
Max Efficiency 23.10%+0.56 pp 22.54%
Avg Efficiency 22.64%+1.02 pp 21.63%
Reliability & Warranty
Avg Temp Coefficient -0.240%/°C -0.240%/°C
Bifacial Share 7 (100%) 3 (100%)
Avg Warranty 30.0 yrs 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.

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What each of them builds

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

Reliance New Energy skews to higher efficiency: 29% of lineup is 23%+

Power spread
Share of each catalogue in every power band

Reliance New Energy offers more 600W+ panels (100% of lineup)

Reliance New Energy cell technology
Share of their models by cell architecture

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

AKCOME cell technology
Share of their models by cell architecture

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

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The flagships

Highest-power models from each brand
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Written summary

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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.