Photovoltaic panels Trina

What is Trina Solar?

Based on the aim of improving the system efficiency and reducing the balance-of-system costs, Trina Solar's research and development team has introduced an innovative design of low-voltage and higher module string power output. Typicallly, Trina can interconnect 33 Vertex modules into a string.

Is Trina Solar a good brand?

Trina Solar competes with some of the top brands on the market, but they’re not number one in any category. Trina Solar does everything pretty well (efficiency, temperature coefficient, warranties, price, etc.), but there’s usually a premium solar panel brand that does it better.

Is Trina Solar better than SunPower?

Overall, Trina Solar offers above-average solar panels at a below-average price. While they may not be as efficient as SunPower, they’re not too far behind. Looking at the table above, Trina Solar’s Vertex S+ panel is 1.2% less efficient but about 20% cheaper per watt than its SunPower counterpart.

How much does Trina Solar cost?

But if you’re looking to install the best of the best, or you're trying to keep your costs as low as possible, Trina Solar isn’t the best brand to go with. $2.80 per watt on average, based on more than 10,000 real-world quotes on the EnergySage Marketplace in the second half of 2023.

How many vertex modules can Trina interconnect?

Typicallly, Trina can interconnect 33 Vertex modules into a string. Compared with other reference module, a single module string can achieve up to a 41% power increase, 15% racking decrease, 17% foundation decrease and 35% combiner box decrease, indicating an innovative technological breakthrough and ushering in a new era of 600W+.