Great explanation. Is AI given too much credit? How much is just traditional IT with well thought out manufacturing processes? I recall with my first panels each one had a piece of A4 paper with the test results. With new panels, can they print a QR code (on the frame), which can be scanned and go direct to the product specs and the test results for that specific solar panel, as well as any paper work needed for shipping and import duties? The main cost in solar - especially roof top - is the installation and all the "paper work" and metering associated with it.
Very cool! In the intro you hinted at what could be a compelling subject: Would there be a way to adjust the recipe of a solar panel to optimize it for different latitudes? (and/or climate zones.) What works well in Austin, Texas won't work as well in Portland Oregon of course. But the formula for the panel itself, not strictly the hours of daylight, may also be compromizing its full potential.
Good final assembly info, but do a show showing the actual cell manufacturing not just final assembly. Would be great to see from sand to cell, thats where the real magic is.
Ok, this is great! China makes great products, break the myth that it’s all rubbish. It’s just not true. Now get your guys out to Saule Technologies in Poland to see how they will be made going forward… The next gen panels are going to be cheaper and more efficient.
Nice soon my 2100mm prediction of 4 panels getting to 3kW is getting closer glad I got the DNO approval, Aiko were in the lead now surpassed not by much but in solar every little helps, but what I would like to know is that a standard size ie 1700 or 2100 and that quote for efficiency is that for the all black version?
Solar panels seem fairly easy to make and easy to get high yield. By contrast large flat panel TVs are almost impossible to get right and very expensive to make. Yet TVs cost less than solar panels. Why?
See efficient It's not the size of the solar panel. If the panel is only 20% efficient . Then it will produce 550 watts. Also installing 30kg solar panels is normal in China and Southeast Asia and South Asia.
I would say around 425-450W right now a Panel with 22.3% from TCL reaches 435Wp, the same sized panel with 24,43% would reach ~476Wp, they are 172 cm x 114 cm in size, I have TCL Panels on my relatively flat, easily accessible roof as well, but bigger ones with around 228cm x 114cm and they are pretty difficult to handle because they are so big and bulky. It's a 2 man job really if you want to minimize the risk damaging them, but you usually got a lift to get them up on the roof, if you install PV panels commercially. The biggest ones I could find from them are 725Wp but weigh 38.4kg and are 241cm x130cm in size so really only for ground-mounted systems they reach 23.1% efficiency claimed.
@@mspalmboy Different panel sizes have different power. The largest panel has 72 cells. Weight 30-35kg.Used by electric companies and people in Asia. I'm serious . Westerners like smaller panels. From 200- 450 Watts.20cell- 60cell solar
EV to grid plus home solar will be the winner because it doesn't put large extra strain on the existing grid it simply swaps the generation from power station to homes.
This shows half of the resistance to solar in the US: Automation = no union workers. The other half: fossil energy incumbents. China will gain future strategic advantages because finite fossil energy eventually loses to unlimited solar.
Great video showing inside solar panels production. Really love the high tech manufacturing and the whole factory looks so modern. Brilliant video Elliot keep it up 🤟💪❤
Invented in the USA .. But thanks to the Oil Companies killing the inventors and early Solar Companies (Solarex , Arco Solar, BP Solar etc) ... the US lost the Lead!!
We need to start building panels in the UK. We’re far too reliant on china and if where looking at energy usage, it doesn’t make sense to sense goods around the world. Needs local solutions.
Nobody would pay £100 for something when he can buy a similar, or even better with £50. Why do you think that there are no UK car manufacturers anymore? Only factories that make cars for companies outside of UK. Sorry pal we lost the train since 1960's when we talk about production, quality and efficiency in the same sentence in UK.
Great to see the Chinese working on something productive/helpful to the world and that contributes to the reduction of greenhouse gases. I just wish there were a little bit busier and they might have less time to think about invading Taiwan!
Because like most other western countries, they decimated their manufacturing capability in the name of cheaper prices and higher profits. When you are willing to pay a 20% or more premium to buy locally manufactured goods (plus a bit more to get that capability back up and running again) then you'll be able to buy from the UK again. Also, you'll have to get some of the materials from china anyway likely, as that's the only place that has some of the elements in high enough concentrations, unless you're willing to add some more premium.
It's interesting to see how a solar panel is made, but the guy's over-enthusiasm at normal factory automation systems, and constant repetition of the company name, just reeks of propaganda.
They get pay. This not propaganda. But sponsors. If they want to be fair, they should bring in Jingko.And compare between longi & jingko who can build the cheapest solar panels in the industry
They are not "Creating efficiencies" We can strive for efficiency We can value efficiency We can invest in seeking efficiency But nobody is creating efficiencies
@@adrianaspalinky1986 it's exciting because it removes the need to pay those pesky humans for their labour. Who's going to buy this stuff when there's no workers? I'm sure they'll think of something.
Thank you Elliott - brilliant and easy to understand. The scale is unbelievable.
Another blinder from Elliott. So lar so good.
😂
Great explanation. Is AI given too much credit? How much is just traditional IT with well thought out manufacturing processes?
I recall with my first panels each one had a piece of A4 paper with the test results. With new panels, can they print a QR code (on the frame), which can be scanned and go direct to the product specs and the test results for that specific solar panel, as well as any paper work needed for shipping and import duties?
The main cost in solar - especially roof top - is the installation and all the "paper work" and metering associated with it.
Absolutely incredible
Thanks for a great story
1:58 that Corridors giving me Star Trek Enterprise vibes
Great to see this factory and how the panels are made, thank you Elliott.
_"bUh IT'S CHYNNNAH buhbuhbuh"_ 😭🙃
😅
Very cool! In the intro you hinted at what could be a compelling subject: Would there be a way to adjust the recipe of a solar panel to optimize it for different latitudes? (and/or climate zones.) What works well in Austin, Texas won't work as well in Portland Oregon of course. But the formula for the panel itself, not strictly the hours of daylight, may also be compromizing its full potential.
Excellent video agian and well presented.
Stunning
Might be a job going at Inside the factory Elliot 😉
Fantastic tour thanks guys!!
When are you joining BlueSky instead of showing us the bird in the intro?
Agreed
😂
Junction box, length of cable looks short, giving say 50cm of cable means ease of installation and less stress put on the connection.
I think they make them to different lengths depending on the application.
06:25 let’s hope that with the manufacturing precision, they do not have too much waste 🧐
Good final assembly info, but do a show showing the actual cell manufacturing not just final assembly. Would be great to see from sand to cell, thats where the real magic is.
Super cool
That AI lad sounds like a great fella. Done by AI…..chuckle…very impressive processes. Brings me back to my manufacturing circuit board past.
Ok, this is great!
China makes great products, break the myth that it’s all rubbish. It’s just not true. Now get your guys out to Saule Technologies in Poland to see how they will be made going forward…
The next gen panels are going to be cheaper and more efficient.
Nice soon my 2100mm prediction of 4 panels getting to 3kW is getting closer glad I got the DNO approval, Aiko were in the lead now surpassed not by much but in solar every little helps, but what I would like to know is that a standard size ie 1700 or 2100 and that quote for efficiency is that for the all black version?
Solar panels seem fairly easy to make and easy to get high yield. By contrast large flat panel TVs are almost impossible to get right and very expensive to make. Yet TVs cost less than solar panels. Why?
"Yet TVs cost less than solar panels."
@@TheDanEdwards For 16k you can get about 80 TVs.
@@frankcoffeybecause tv also Made in China 🇨🇳
Looking Good! 😎
Elliott you said panels are up to 660W - what is the maximum wattage of standard residential sized panels?
See efficient It's not the size of the solar panel. If the panel is only 20% efficient . Then it will produce 550 watts. Also installing 30kg solar panels is normal in China and Southeast Asia and South Asia.
@DeniSaputta that is not what I asked
I do not think there is a single standard size. They have a range of sizes to fit different applications.
I would say around 425-450W right now a Panel with 22.3% from TCL reaches 435Wp, the same sized panel with 24,43% would reach ~476Wp, they are 172 cm x 114 cm in size, I have TCL Panels on my relatively flat, easily accessible roof as well, but bigger ones with around 228cm x 114cm and they are pretty difficult to handle because they are so big and bulky.
It's a 2 man job really if you want to minimize the risk damaging them, but you usually got a lift to get them up on the roof, if you install PV panels commercially.
The biggest ones I could find from them are 725Wp but weigh 38.4kg and are 241cm x130cm in size so really only for ground-mounted systems they reach 23.1% efficiency claimed.
@@mspalmboy Different panel sizes have different power. The largest panel has 72 cells. Weight 30-35kg.Used by electric companies and people in Asia. I'm serious .
Westerners like smaller panels. From 200- 450 Watts.20cell- 60cell solar
THANKS 🙏 ELLOIT ,FOR A BRILLIANT 🤩 PRESENTATION 🌞🌞🌞
Thanks
He keeps saying "AI" but what is shown is just the typical automation and testing done in any modern manufacturing.
Ai for Product testing and trials. And ai for shipping. That's why less than 100 people work in the factory.
🎼🎶 "Now the holy bears a berry as black as the: Solar Panel" - Because you can't have coal anymore!!
longi is the anti-northvolt, aka a successful company producing useful products at global scale
EV to grid plus home solar will be the winner because it doesn't put large extra strain on the existing grid it simply swaps the generation from power station to homes.
This shows half of the resistance to solar in the US: Automation = no union workers. The other half: fossil energy incumbents. China will gain future strategic advantages because finite fossil energy eventually loses to unlimited solar.
🌞👍
Great video showing inside solar panels production. Really love the high tech manufacturing and the whole factory looks so modern.
Brilliant video Elliot keep it up 🤟💪❤
I’d love to work for a renewable company
It’s a shame that the earlier stages of the supply chain weren’t shown. Is forced labour involved in making wafers?
I am from an audience of potential 350,000,000 viewers and we have no idea what “stuck in” means. Maybe, sometimes, think of your viewers as a whole.
Just how dumb do you want to make this???
The script is even worse than the musac.
Too bad it's in China
Invented in the USA .. But thanks to the Oil Companies killing the inventors and early Solar Companies (Solarex , Arco Solar, BP Solar etc) ... the US lost the Lead!!
Maybe one day you'll be glad it is in China.
*seeking, to make the manufacturing process as efficient as possible
:=
We need to start building panels in the UK. We’re far too reliant on china and if where looking at energy usage, it doesn’t make sense to sense goods around the world. Needs local solutions.
Nobody would pay £100 for something when he can buy a similar, or even better with £50. Why do you think that there are no UK car manufacturers anymore? Only factories that make cars for companies outside of UK. Sorry pal we lost the train since 1960's when we talk about production, quality and efficiency in the same sentence in UK.
Yay, a world without workers. Welcome to the future.
UBI universal basic income
Great to see the Chinese working on something productive/helpful to the world and that contributes to the reduction of greenhouse gases. I just wish there were a little bit busier and they might have less time to think about invading Taiwan!
China haven’t invaded another country for 60 years, they’re not the ones you need to worry about.
I don't know if they could be any busier. They've added more solar capacity alone this year than the whole rest of the world combined.
@@lhoman8426Yes but Tibet is more like Ireland for UK
You should devote your time worrying about NATO expansion and the US warmongering around the world!! Grow up!!
You should devote your time worrying about NATO expansion and the US warmongering around the world!! Grow up!!
Geez, why can’t you do the same production in UK? I don’t want to buy from China.
But I bet you don't want to pay double price for UK made solar panels.
This is fully automated
Because like most other western countries, they decimated their manufacturing capability in the name of cheaper prices and higher profits.
When you are willing to pay a 20% or more premium to buy locally manufactured goods (plus a bit more to get that capability back up and running again) then you'll be able to buy from the UK again.
Also, you'll have to get some of the materials from china anyway likely, as that's the only place that has some of the elements in high enough concentrations, unless you're willing to add some more premium.
with your money, go start a company, nobody is stopping you. rember this, Beggar cant be Chooser
Economics.
It's interesting to see how a solar panel is made, but the guy's over-enthusiasm at normal factory automation systems, and constant repetition of the company name, just reeks of propaganda.
They get pay. This not propaganda. But sponsors.
If they want to be fair, they should bring in Jingko.And compare between longi & jingko who can build the cheapest solar panels in the industry
They are not "Creating efficiencies"
We can strive for efficiency
We can value efficiency
We can invest in seeking efficiency
But nobody is creating efficiencies
If we say "Ai" people get really excited, yawn 🥱
@@adrianaspalinky1986 it's exciting because it removes the need to pay those pesky humans for their labour. Who's going to buy this stuff when there's no workers? I'm sure they'll think of something.