Solarspace vs ARTsolar - solar panel manufacturer comparison
Solarspace has the broader catalog (82 vs 0 models). Solarspace leans bifacial (93% 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
SolarSpace is a world-leading solar cell and module manufacturer, focusing on high-efficiency solar technology production both in China and overseas. They are among the top solar cell manufacturers, providing high-quality solar modules with core cell technology worldwide. SolarSpace is dedicated to empowering solar...
- Founded
- 2011
- Headquarters
- Xuzhou, China
- Annual capacity
- 60+ GW/year
- Employees
- 6000+
- 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
Solarspace skews to higher efficiency: 4% of lineup is 23%+
Solarspace offers more 600W+ panels (33% of lineup)
Dominant cell tech: <strong>N-type</strong> (70%)
The flagships
Written summary
Solarspace is a Chinese manufacturer founded in 2011, operating multiple production bases across Xuzhou, Suqian, Chuzhou, and Southeast Asia. The company has been consistently ranked a Tier 1 PV module manufacturer by BloombergNEF, and according to PV InfoLink it ranked second globally in solar cell shipments in 2024, with cell production capacity reaching 60 GW by the end of 2023. ARTsolar was established in 2010 in Pinetown (Durban), South Africa, and is the country's only fully locally owned solar panel manufacturer, with an annual assembly capacity of roughly 325 MW. ARTsolar holds TUV SUD and ISO certifications and has built technology-transfer partnerships with Talesun and JA Solar, but it does not appear on BloombergNEF Tier 1 lists, and its production scale is a fraction of Solarspace's - giving the Chinese manufacturer a considerably stronger institutional and bankability footprint for project-finance purposes.
Solarspace's catalog spans p-type PERC, n-type TOPCon, and - as of SNEC 2025 - HJT modules, scaling up to 730 W for utility-scale ground-mount projects and including bifacial configurations suited to large commercial and industrial rooftops. ARTsolar focuses on a more targeted range of monocrystalline and n-type TOPCon panels in the 500-600 W class, aimed primarily at residential and commercial rooftop installations within the South African market. ARTsolar's locally assembled product aligns with South African grid and local-content requirements that can be decisive in government-backed procurement.
For a typical international or utility-scale buyer in 2025, Solarspace's Tier 1 bankability, technology breadth, and production scale make it the more straightforward specification. ARTsolar, however, occupies a meaningful niche - buyers operating under South African local-content rules, or those who value shorter regional supply chains and domestic after-sales support in Southern Africa, will find genuine advantages that Solarspace cannot easily replicate from China.
Generated by Claude Sonnet · 2026-05-16
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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.