{"id":7,"date":"2015-10-05T10:16:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T14:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/?p=7"},"modified":"2016-01-11T09:12:24","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T14:12:24","slug":"solarcity-touts-new-rooftop-solar-panel-as-the-most-efficient-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/solarcity-touts-new-rooftop-solar-panel-as-the-most-efficient-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"SolarCity touts new rooftop solar panel as &#8216;the most efficient in the world&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>New, high-efficiency solar panels will increase power production<\/h2>\n<p>Late last week, solar energy provider SolarCity announced a new, more efficient rooftop solar panel that will reportedly produce 30 to 40 percent more power than standard efficiency solar panels.<\/p>\n<p>According to SolarCity, this new rooftop solar panel has a module efficiency of more than 22 percent and will harvest more solar power over a year than any other rooftop panel in production.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>New module that generates more power per square foot than any rooftop solar panel in production will also be the highest-volume solar panel manufactured in the U.S. SolarCity<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The company stated that the majority of the production of these new solar panels will occur at their facility in Buffalo, New York. The expectation is that between 9,000 &#8211; 10,000 of the new, high-efficiency rooftop solar panels will be produced each day at full capacity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SolarCity Unveils World\u2019s Most Efficient Rooftop <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SolarPanel?src=hash\">#SolarPanel<\/a>, To Be Made in America: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/VtnhI5mWuD\">http:\/\/t.co\/VtnhI5mWuD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SolarCity (@solarcity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/solarcity\/status\/649944098095407104\">October 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>SolarCity is reporting a 22.04 percent module-level efficiency for this new rooftop panel, which is a measurement obtained by third-party testing provider Renewable Energy Test Center.<\/p>\n<p>The company also stated that while the new panels will be used for homes, businesses, schools and other organizations, they could also be utilized in larger-scale installations. Possible larger-scale installations could include utility-scale solar fields and other ground-level installations. <\/p>\n<div id=\"inlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/panasonic-claims-to-own-the-most-efficient-rooftop-solar-panel-in-the-world\/\" title=\"Panasonic claims to own the most efficient rooftop solar panel in the world\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/solar-panels_2p783p-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Panasonic claims to own the most efficient rooftop solar panel in the world\" alt=\"Panasonic claims to own the most efficient rooftop solar panel in the world\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/panasonic-claims-to-own-the-most-efficient-rooftop-solar-panel-in-the-world\/\" title=\"Panasonic claims to own the most efficient rooftop solar panel in the world\"><h4>Panasonic claims to own the most efficient rooftop solar panel in the world<\/h4><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/panasonic-claims-to-own-the-most-efficient-rooftop-solar-panel-in-the-world\/\" title=\"Panasonic claims to own the most efficient rooftop solar panel in the world\" class=\"hide375\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<p>SolarCity is based in California but the company currently serves customers in 19 states, plus Washington D.C. and is also America&#8217;s largest solar power provider.<\/p>\n<span class=\"source-attribution\">Source &rarr; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solarcity.com\/newsroom\/press\/solarcity-unveils-world%E2%80%99s-most-efficient-rooftop-solar-panel-be-made-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SolarCity<\/a><\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late last week, solar energy provider SolarCity announced a new, more efficient rooftop solar panel that will reportedly produce 30 to 40 percent more power than standard efficiency solar panels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[32,7,8],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar","tag-business","tag-solar-panels","tag-solarcity"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions\/61"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}