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The Principal Solar Institute Module Ratings
The Principal Solar Institute’s scientifically designed and certified combination of tests and performance standards provide an unbiased, comprehensive rating system – the PSI PV module rating. Seven essential characteristics related to initial and long-term PV module performance are combined to create the PSI Rating:
- Actual Tested Maximum Power vs. Advertised
- Temperature Coefficient at Maximum Power
- Power at Low Irradiance to Power at High Irradiance Ratio
- Normal Operating Cell Temperature (NOCT)
- Total Area Efficiency
- Negative Power Tolerance
- Annual Power Reduction
These ratings allow you to make comparisons when analyzing PV modules and help you select the optimal PV module.
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PSI Ratings – PV Solar Modules from SolarWorld
Here are the PSI Ratings for modules from SolarWorld, calculated based on initial performance test data. If you don’t see a solar module that you are considering, contact us and we will try to add it.
| Rank | Manufacturer | Model | Type | Power (W DC) |
PSI Rating | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SolarWorld | Protect SW 280 Mono | Monocrystalline | 280 | 9.72 | 99 |
| 2 | SolarWorld | Protect SW 270 Mono | Monocrystalline | 270 | 9.67 | 98 |
| 3 | SolarWorld | Protect SW 275 Mono | Monocrystalline | 275 | 9.53 | 98 |
| 4 | SolarWorld | Protect SW 265 Mono | Monocrystalline | 265 | 9.51 | 98 |
| 5 | SolarWorld | Protect SW 275 Mono Black | Monocrystalline | 275 | 9.44 | 98 |
| 6 | SolarWorld | Protect SW 260 Mono | Monocrystalline | 260 | 9.33 | 98 |
| 7 | SolarWorld | SW 280 Mono | Monocrystalline | 280 | 9.29 | 98 |
| 8 | SolarWorld | Protect SW 270 Mono Black | Monocrystalline | 270 | 9.28 | 97 |
| 9 | SolarWorld | Protect SW 260 Mono Black | Monocrystalline | 260 | 9.22 | 97 |
| 10 | SolarWorld | SW 300 Mono | Monocrystalline | 300 | 9.22* | 97 |
| 11 | SolarWorld | SW270 Mono Black | Monocrystalline | 270 | 9.21 | 97 |
| 12 | SolarWorld | Protect SW 265 Mono Black | Monocrystalline | 265 | 9.12 | 97 |
| 13 | SolarWorld | SW 295 Mono | Monocrystalline | 295 | 9.08* | 97 |
| 14 | SolarWorld | Protect SW 255 Mono Black | Monocrystalline | 255 | 9.04 | 97 |
| 15 | SolarWorld | Protect SW 255 Mono | Monocrystalline | 255 | 9.04 | 97 |
| 16 | SolarWorld | SW265 Mono Black | Monocrystalline | 265 | 8.97 | 96 |
| 17 | SolarWorld | SW 290 Mono | Monocrystalline | 290 | 8.96* | 96 |
| 18 | SolarWorld | SW265 Mono | Monocrystalline | 265 | 8.93 | 96 |
| 19 | SolarWorld | Protect SW 290 Mono | Monocrystalline | 290 | 8.93* | 96 |
| 20 | SolarWorld | SW 335 XL mono | Monocrystalline | 335 | 8.85* | 95 |
| 21 | SolarWorld | SW260 Mono | Monocrystalline | 260 | 8.84 | 95 |
| 22 | SolarWorld | SW 285 Mono | Monocrystalline | 285 | 8.81* | 95 |
| 23 | SolarWorld | Protect SW 285 Mono | Monocrystalline | 285 | 8.78* | 95 |
| 24 | SolarWorld | SW 285 Mono Black | Monocrystalline | 285 | 8.72* | 94 |
| 25 | SolarWorld | SW255 Mono | Monocrystalline | 255 | 8.69 | 94 |
| 26 | SolarWorld | SW260 Mono Black | Monocrystalline | 260 | 8.66 | 93 |
| 27 | SolarWorld | SW 315 XL mono | Monocrystalline | 315 | 8.62 | 93 |
| 28 | SolarWorld | SW 325 XL mono | Monocrystalline | 325 | 8.57* | 92 |
| 29 | SolarWorld | SW 280 Mono Black | Monocrystalline | 280 | 8.56* | 92 |
| 30 | SolarWorld | SW250 Poly | Polycrystalline | 250 | 8.52 | 91 |
| 31 | SolarWorld | SW255 Mono Black | Monocrystalline | 255 | 8.51 | 91 |
| 32 | SolarWorld | SW 310 XL mono | Monocrystalline | 310 | 8.49 | 91 |
| 33 | SolarWorld | SW 275 Mono | Monocrystalline | 275 | 8.48* | 91 |
| 34 | SolarWorld | SW 320 XL mono | Monocrystalline | 320 | 8.45* | 90 |
| 35 | SolarWorld | SW255 Poly | Polycrystalline | 255 | 8.43 | 90 |
| 36 | SolarWorld | SW250 Mono Black | Monocrystalline | 250 | 8.42 | 89 |
| 37 | SolarWorld | SW240 mono black | Monocrystalline | 240 | 8.36 | 88 |
| 38 | SolarWorld | SW250 Mono | Monocrystalline | 250 | 8.35 | 88 |
| 39 | SolarWorld | SW245 Poly | Polycrystalline | 245 | 8.34 | 88 |
| 40 | SolarWorld | SW 270 Mono | Monocrystalline | 270 | 8.30* | 87 |
| 41 | SolarWorld | SW245 Mono Black | Monocrystalline | 245 | 8.25 | 85 |
| 42 | SolarWorld | SW 275 Mono Black | Monocrystalline | 275 | 8.18 | 83 |
| 43 | SolarWorld | SW235 mono black | Monocrystalline | 235 | 8.03 | 77 |
| 44 | SolarWorld | SW 265 Poly | Polycrystalline | 265 | 8.03* | 77 |
| 45 | SolarWorld | SW240 Poly | Polycrystalline | 240 | 8.03 | 77 |
| 46 | SolarWorld | SW245 mono | Monocrystalline | 245 | 8.01 | 76 |
| 47 | SolarWorld | SW240 mono | Monocrystalline | 240 | 7.93 | 72 |
| 48 | SolarWorld | SW 260 Poly | Polycrystalline | 260 | 7.88* | 70 |
| 49 | SolarWorld | SW235 Poly | Polycrystalline | 235 | 7.87 | 69 |
| 50 | SolarWorld | SW 305 XL mono | Monocrystalline | 305 | 7.78* | 64 |
| 51 | SolarWorld | SW235 mono | Monocrystalline | 235 | 7.73 | 62 |
| 52 | SolarWorld | SW230 Poly | Polycrystalline | 230 | 7.69 | 60 |
| 53 | SolarWorld | SW230 mono | Monocrystalline | 230 | 7.56 | 52 |
| 54 | SolarWorld | SW230 mono black | Monocrystalline | 230 | 7.54 | 50 |
| 55 | SolarWorld | SW225 Poly | Polycrystalline | 225 | 7.53 | 49 |
| 56 | SolarWorld | SW225 mono | Monocrystalline | 225 | 7.41 | 42 |
| 57 | SolarWorld | SW220 Poly | Polycrystalline | 220 | 7.40 | 41 |
| 58 | SolarWorld | SW225 mono black | Monocrystalline | 225 | 7.38 | 40 |
| 59 | SolarWorld | SW220 mono black | Monocrystalline | 220 | 7.22 | 32 |
| 60 | SolarWorld | SW175 mono | Monocrystalline | 175 | 7.22 | 31 |
| 61 | SolarWorld | SW220 mono | Monocrystalline | 220 | 7.08 | 25 |
| 62 | SolarWorld | SW165 mono | Monocrystalline | 165 | 6.79 | 14 |
* Modules denoted with an “*” use estimated values for one or more characteristics. Manufacturers can contact us to provide the missing data for these PV modules.
NOTE: PSI Ratings are based on publicly available data, and are subject to change as additional data and proprietary analyses become available for long-term performance.
