SunEvo Solar vs Vikram Solar - solar panel manufacturer comparison
Vikram Solar has the broader catalog (213 vs 204 models). Vikram Solar leads on peak efficiency at 24.80%. Vikram Solar leans bifacial (76% of lineup).
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The two companies
Vikram Solar Limited is a leading Indian solar photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer and solar solutions provider. They offer engineering, procurement, construction (EPC), and operations & maintenance (O&M) services for solar plants. The company manufactures high-efficiency solar PV modules and has a pan-India...
- Founded
- 2005
- Headquarters
- Kolkata, India
- Annual capacity
- 9.5 GW/year
- Employees
- 1,895
- Listed
- NSE, BSE: VIKRAMSOLR
- 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
SunEvo Solar skews to higher efficiency: 13% of lineup is 23%+
Vikram Solar offers more 600W+ panels (45% of lineup)
Dominant cell tech: TOPCon (47%)
Dominant cell tech: PERC (71%)
The flagships
Written summary
SunEvo Solar is a Chinese manufacturer founded in 2011 and operating with a reported annual production capacity of approximately 7.5 GW. The company holds Tier 1 status backed by international certifications including UL, TÜV, IEC, and MCS, and serves customers across more than 80 countries and regions worldwide. Vikram Solar is an Indian manufacturer founded in 2006 and headquartered in Kolkata, with production facilities in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. Following the commissioning of a new 5 GW automated plant at Vallam in 2025, Vikram Solar's cumulative manufacturing capacity reached 9.5 GW per year. The company re-entered BloombergNEF's Tier 1 module manufacturers list in the first quarter of 2024 and holds Top Performer recognition in PVEL's PV Module Reliability Scorecard. On the strength of those third-party validations, Vikram Solar carries the more robust institutional footprint of the two.
SunEvo Solar covers a broad technology mix spanning PERC, TOPCon, HJT, and Back Contact cell architectures, with modules scaling from small residential formats up to large utility-grade panels. This breadth makes the brand adaptable across residential rooftop installations, commercial and industrial projects, and utility-scale ground-mount arrays alike. Vikram Solar concentrates more tightly on n-type technology, supplying N-TOPCon and HJT bifacial modules under its Suryava and Hypersol product families. The Hypersol series, with peak efficiency exceeding 23%, targets utility-scale plants, large commercial rooftops, and high-capacity industrial projects, while the Suryava series addresses a wider range of applications including residential systems.
For international buyers with project-finance requirements, Vikram Solar's current BloombergNEF Tier 1 standing and PVEL Top Performer status offer meaningful risk mitigation and can ease lender approval, giving it a practical procurement edge over SunEvo Solar in bankability-sensitive contexts. SunEvo Solar is a competitive alternative for buyers who prioritize technology diversity or cost efficiency and face fewer institutional constraints. For straightforward rooftop or small C&I installations where bankability is not the primary screening criterion, the two manufacturers are broadly interchangeable.
Generated by Claude Sonnet · 2026-05-28
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