Solarworld, Suniva, and Sunpower In Trouble. What Companies Are Worth My Business?

[sensij]

You are attempting to correlate a company's financial health with the long term performance of your system. I doubt that such a correlation would be supported by any data. Hard to beat Canadian Solar or Hanwha Q-cells on price/value ranking these days.

[littleharbor]

Kyocera is about as stable as they get. Been around forever and honor their warranties

[Zeigh]

Hello,


Which solar panel manufacturer(s) currently seem to be the most financially solvent and/or a sound choice for honoring warranties into the future? In other words, which company would you trust with your money in a purchase right now?

I have been planning the installation of a 14 kWh solar array for the last few years and am finally ready to throw my money down. Along the way I have been watching the ups and downs of the industry. Just recently Solarworld and Suniva filed for insolvency/bankruptcy, not to mention them both pushing a USA trade petition that could cause a domino effect of problems for the average consumer. Sunpower has similar financial woes. Ugh, those three manufacturers have been my preferred choice all along. I am not opposed to going with a company like LG, but is 20% higher cost worth it?

For what it is worth, I am primarily interested in 300 watt or larger panels.


Peace,
Dr. Z.