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SpolarPV vs Trina Solar - solar panel manufacturer comparison

SpolarPV
China
Read the SpolarPV review
VS
Trina Solar
China Founded 1997 Tier 1
Read the Trina Solar review
At a glance

Trina Solar has the broader catalog (340 vs 62 models). Trina Solar leads on peak efficiency at 24.80%. Trina Solar leans bifacial (43% 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
62 340
Highest power
700 Wp 760 Wp
Best efficiency
22.9% 24.8%
Average efficiency
20.8% 21.7%
Bifacial share
27% 43%
Average warranty
28 yrs 28 yrs
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The two companies

Company facts, not datasheet figures
SpolarPV
Headquarters
Suzhou, China
Trina Solar
Founded
1997
Headquarters
Changzhou, China
Tier 1 bankable
Yes
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Catalogue against catalogue

Averages over every model in the database
Metric SpolarPV Trina Solar
Catalog & Power
Panel Models 62 340+278
Max Power 700 W 760 W+60 W
Avg Power 488 W 520 W+32 W
Efficiency
Max Efficiency 22.86% 24.80%+1.94 pp
Avg Efficiency 20.81% 21.71%+0.90 pp
Reliability & Warranty
Avg Temp Coefficient -0.333%/°C -0.302%/°C+0.031
Bifacial Share 17 (27%) 145 (43%)+15 pp
Avg Warranty 27.7 yrs 28.2 yrs+0.5 yr

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

Trina Solar skews to higher efficiency: 22% of lineup is 23%+

Power spread
Share of each catalogue in every power band

Trina Solar offers more 600W+ panels (34% of lineup)

SpolarPV cell technology
Share of their models by cell architecture

Dominant cell tech: <strong>PERC</strong> (48%)

Trina Solar cell technology
Share of their models by cell architecture

Dominant cell tech: <strong>TOPCon</strong> (73%)

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The flagships

Highest-power models from each brand
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Written summary

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SpolarPV is a Chinese manufacturer founded in 2010 and headquartered in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. The company reports an annual production capacity of approximately 800 MW, placing it firmly in the mid-tier segment of the global solar industry. SpolarPV does not appear on the BloombergNEF Tier 1 list, which is a meaningful gap relative to the largest bankable manufacturers. Trina Solar, by contrast, was founded in 1997 in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, and has grown into one of the three largest solar module producers in the world, shipping approximately 77 GW of modules in 2024 alone. Trina Solar holds a 100% bankability rating in BloombergNEF's 2025 PV Module Bankability assessment - the eighth time it has earned unanimous recognition from all respondents - and maintained Tier 1 status through at least Q2 2025. On institutional footprint, the two companies are in entirely different categories.

SpolarPV's product lineup centers on N-Type TOPCon monocrystalline modules, including double-glass and full-black variants, with outputs reaching up to 680 W per panel. The company targets residential rooftop and small commercial installations, operates branches across more than 30 countries including Poland, and has documented completed projects in the European market. Trina Solar's flagship Vertex N series is also built on N-Type TOPCon cells, extending to 760 W per module with a confirmed cell efficiency of 24.5% verified by an independent laboratory. The Vertex N line spans residential, commercial and industrial, and large utility-scale ground-mount applications, and Trina executes projects at gigawatt scale across every major solar market globally.

For most buyers - particularly commercial developers, EPCs, or any party seeking project financing - Trina Solar is the clear default, given its unmatched bankability credentials, 30-year linear performance warranties on flagship models, and eleven consecutive years of PVEL Top Performer recognition. SpolarPV can be a reasonable option for cost-sensitive residential buyers or small off-grid installations where institutional bankability matters less, but it cannot be considered interchangeable with Trina Solar wherever financial assurance or large-scale project requirements come into play.

Generated by Claude Sonnet · 2026-05-21

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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.