SolarWorld 275w Panels - Black vs Silver HELP

[jwurz925]

Hi,
We are about to purchase 275W solar world panels and i don't know which one is the better of the two, mono black or mono silver. These aren't just the color of the frames as the spec sheet has different values in two areas.

Effiencey where Black is 16.10% and the Silver is 16.40%.

The other areas is the performance at 800 W/m^2

Black is
Pmax = 203.1Wp
Voc = 35.7 V
Vmpp = 28.1V

Silver is
Pmax = 205.0Wp
Voc = 36.1V
Vmpp = 28.4V

Everything else seems to be the same, except price is higher on the black.

Is the silver or the black panel better? To me it looks like silver hands down but i'm not great at reading eletrical information.

Thanks

[Mb190e]

I just had solarworld 270 Mono silver/white installed. I'm no expert but I was told is the black is for looks. like when they are installed on the house facing the road. they blend into the roof better. the silver get slightly more production because it runs cooler it doesn't absorb the heat like the black frames and the black diamonds.

[zhyue2003]

I just had solarworld 270 Mono silver/white installed. I'm no expert but I was told is the black is for looks. like when they are installed on the house facing the road. they blend into the roof better. the silver get slightly more production because it runs cooler it doesn't absorb the heat like the black frames and the black diamonds.

Great to know. I was wondering the same question.