Sanyo Solar PV Panels used on new installation

This week Kingsley Eco Solutions completed another Solar PV (photovoltaic) installation onto a bungalow roof in Ferring,  Worthing,  West Sussex.  Sanyo HIT-240HDE4 monocrystalline  panels were used on this installation as not only was a west roof the only appropriate roof available but space was restricted.  The Sanyo Hit-240HDE4 panel offer maximum efficiency (17.3%) and output  per square metre of panel so therefore were the obvious choice.  The Sanyo Hit-240HDE4 are also an all black panel and frame and therefore a good choice aesthetically.

However, these are a premium panel and come at a cost.  The Sanyo Hit-240HDE4 panel is 3% more efficient than the majority of panels on the market- monocrystalline or polycrystalline. The difference between using a monocrystalline vs Polycrystalline panel is about the physical size of the panels.  A monocrystalline module will be slightly more efficient so less sqm per kWp but there is very little in it.  It has nothing to do with the output ( kWhs) – Monocrystalline and Polycrystalline are almost the same.  But  you will pay more for Monocrystalline panels therefore affecting your return on investment.  All the large projects tend to use polycrystalline panels because it is the more cost effective than Monocrystalline, therefore giving maximum return on investment for the investor over the 25 year period of the Feed-in-tariff.

For more information or to discuss your project in more detail please call the Kingsley Eco Solutions team on 01903 22 77 26 or visit their Renewable Energy Centre ( in Ferring, near Worthing, West Sussex ) to see a working solar PV system.

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