High Performance Solar Panels

SolarCity uses only best-in-class solar equipment from top-rated manufacturers. We have done the homework for you and have selected solar modules that offer a combination of high performance and high quality. SolarCity designers will recommend the optimal solar panels for your home, taking into account your local weather, roof space, architectural, aesthetic and energy-production needs.

Financial Efficiency

A key factor for many homeowners in selecting solar panels is cost effectiveness. We evaluate panels based on "financial efficiency", or the cost of the energy the panels will produce over their lifetime (cost per kilowatt hour produced). Our relationships with top module manufacturers give us access to high performance, high quality products at volume discount prices. Specifically, SolarCity has chosen solar modules that have among the industry’s highest energy production performance in real world operating conditions. This means with SolarCity, for every Watt of system size you pay for, you get more energy production. This further improves the financial efficiency and your return on investment. The performance of all modules offered by SolarCity is unmatched by other widely touted modules like SunPower.

Proven Technology and Experience

SolarCity is proud to offer the proven solar module technologies offered by Evergreen Solar, First Solar and Sanyo. All have demonstrated long term field reliability and a high energy yield across a wide range of climatic conditions, including low light and high temperatures. This means that they operate efficiently during the hot afternoon when you can sell electricity back to the utility company at high peak-rates.

Key Benefits • Leading poly-crystalline silicon module with innovative string ribbon cell technology • Energy yield enhanced by tight tolerances, and anti-reflective coating • Lowest carbon footprint of all crystalline silicon solar modules • Black anodized frames	Key Benefits • Proven thin film solar technology • Refined aesthetic with mirror-thin glass appearance and smaller frameless form factor only ¼" thick • Solar industry's first and most comprehensive panel recycling program	Key Benefits • High efficiency modules that produce more power with limited roof space • As Sanyo panels heat up to operating conditions, they respond 13% more effectively (kW%/°C) than SunPower panels • Black anodized frames

Beautiful Systems are Custom Designed for Your Home

All of the solar modules we use are sleek, black and attractive. All feature a low profile aesthetic that beautifully compliments any architectural style. The modules we recommend vary from thin film panels with a stunning dark-glass appearance, to traditional poly-crystalline silicon modules with black frames.

SolarCity will craft your system with the best solar panels to fit your home's architecture and your family's energy needs. Your SolarCity consultant will suggest which modules will work best for you and can share photos of solar installations on homes like yours so you'll know what to expect.

Environmental Responsibility

SolarCity selects modules that have among the lowest carbon footprint in the industry and our module partners have designed their products to minimize the full lifecycle and supply chain environmental impacts. For instance, First Solar's comprehensive collection and recycling program results in a 90% recovery rate of materials for use in new solar panels and Evergreen uses virtually no disposable packaging when shipping their modules.

Manufacturing in USA - Bringing Green Collar Jobs to U.S. Workers

SolarCity's module partners conduct their manufacturing in the U.S., bringing more green jobs to American workers and keeping transportation costs and environmental footprint low compared to overseas panel manufacturers.