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Solar panel price comparison of the top leading brands Kyocera, BP Solar and Sharp.
With the recent crisis in the world’s economy, everyone was looking for ways to save money. And one of the ways to save money is by reducing the electricity expenses being none of the major expenses in a household. Even though, there are many tips in conserving electricity, some of these have comparatively small effects in the electricity bill. Switching to solar power can make huge depression in your electricity expenses.
Solar panel price are vary according to its manufacturing brand. Some of the considerations in choosing wisely what solar panel to purchase are the power in watts it emitted because it is related to the total efficiency of the solar panel.
Solar panels are classified in three common types; Amorphous, Monocrystalline and Polycrystalline.
Amorphous, some referred to thin film is the type that the silicon is directly spreaded on flexible laminates or large plates. They are cheaper to manufacture but most often, they are less efficient because larger panels are required to meet the desired power.
Monocrystalline, on the other hand is made through cuts from just a single large crystal. They are the most efficient among the three types, but at the same time, it’s the most expensive.
The last type, Polycrystalline are chosen at random blocks of silicon that contains many small crystals and very common in the market these days. They are somewhat less efficient compared to a single crystal, but as soon as they are arranged into a frame with 35 other cells, the difference in wattage per foot squared is not that much.
Below is the cost of solar panels price comparison from top manufacturers Kyocera, BP Solar and Sharp.
Kyocera Solar Panels
Model
Watts
Volts
Price
KC 130TM
KD 135GX-LP
KD 180GX-LP
KD 205GX-LP
KD 210GX-LP
KC 40T
KC 50T
KC 65T
KC 85T
KS 5
130
135
180
205
210
40
50
65
85
5
17.6
17.7
23.6
26.6
17.9
17.9
16.7
17.4
17.4
12
$555
$550
$685
$775
$849
$265
$280
$350
$410
$59
BP Solar Panels
Model
Watts
Volts
Price
BP SX-3195B
BP SX-3190B
BP SX3175N
BP 175B 175
BP 3140J
BP 3125J
BP 3115J
BP 380J
BP 375J
BP 365J
BP 350J
BP 340J
BP SX-330J
BP SX-320M
BP SX-320J
BP SX-310J
BP SX-350M
195
190
175
175
140
125
115
80
75
65
50
40
30
20
20
10
5
16
16
24
24
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
$702
$684
$733
$691
$625
$625
$597
$419
$391
$359
$287
$256
$224
$166
$161
$129
$75
Sharp Solar Panels
Model
Watts
Volts
Price
Sharp 80
Sharp 123
Sharp 130
Sharp 142
Sharp 165
Sharp 167
Sharp 170
Sharp 175
Sharp 176
Sharp 180
Sharp 187
Sharp 198
Sharp ND-216U2
Sharp ND-224U2
Sharp ND-224U1F
80
123
130
142
165
167
170
170
176
180
187
198
224
224
224
17.1
17.2
21.9
20
34.6
22.97
34.8
35.4
23.42
35.86
28.9
26.3
36.6
36.6
36.6
$450
$585
$615
$704
$814
$813
$840
$715
$815
$930
$850
$885
$1,004
$1,100
$1,300
Moreover, there exists small solar panels of 1.35 watts, 5 volts, monocrystalline solar cell and sealed with epoxy in a plastic having cable and pin that comes out of the plastic.
Other available power output is 1.2 watts, 2.5 watts, 5 watts, 10 watts up to 180 watts depending on the customer’s demand. It has the efficiency at the range of 14% to 16% and the size of the cell is 4/5/6.
