Mono or poly? Or what are you good at under the sun?

THE polycrystalline type its most important advantage today is cheapsaga. The reason for this is the soul of the solar cell, the so-called lies in the production cost of the cell. If the price is the decisive factor, as is the case with the majority of domestic solar systems, then they are still unbeatable (although, at the same time, monocrystalline solar panels are also being seen on more and more rooftops, which is obviously for a reason). Of course, cheapness has a price in the end result. The majority of end-users are not particularly receptive to more sophisticated technical features, which could otherwise be used to get a system that better suits our long-term interests.

"But what about monos?"
In the recent period, the development of monocrystalline solar cells has clearly come to the fore among the large manufacturers (most of them no longer produce polycrystalline solar cells), and although the prices are slightly higher now, these types have now become almost dominant in solar cell systems designed on the basis of business considerations. There are many reasons for this, let's see what they are!

A higher efficiency can be achieved with monocrystalline solar cells, the advantage of this is easy to see: the better the efficiency, the greater part of the sun's energy can be converted into electricity.
Another important aspect is that the cell production technology enables the continuous development of monos more and more energy from solar panels of a given size aimed at production. This may not seem so important at first, but it is. Let's see why: if the solar panel placed on our roof of a unit area will provide more energy over a long period of time, we can get a better system even with a smaller roof surface with a good location; in addition, it is also true that fewer solar panels are sufficient to satisfy our given energy needs, and the additional costs (supporting structure, installation fee) are reduced accordingly. Last but not least, less material consumption is overall better for the planet, less waste comes with its creation, so everyone wins with it. Another favorable feature is that it is typical of solar cells the degree of degradation over time is smaller, as with polycrystalline systems, so during the currently expected 20-30 years of use, the performance of the panels will decrease to a lesser extent than their polycrystalline counterparts.
It used to be said against monocrystalline panels that their use of scattered light was less favorable than poly models, but it can be said that this is no longer typical of today's mono types.
In addition to all of this, a clearly visible trend is that due to the development of monocrystalline production technology, these panels are also becoming cheaper, so we can soon expect that mono will largely displace poly from the market due to its favorable properties.

THE polycrystalline type its most important advantage today is cheapsaga. The reason for this is the soul of the solar cell, the so-called lies in the production cost of the cell. If the price is the decisive factor, as is the case with the majority of domestic solar systems, then they are still unbeatable (although, at the same time, monocrystalline solar panels are also being seen on more and more rooftops, which is obviously for a reason). Of course, cheapness has a price in the end result. The majority of end-users are not particularly receptive to more sophisticated technical features, which could otherwise be used to get a system that better suits our long-term interests.

"But what about monos?"
In the recent period, the development of monocrystalline solar cells has clearly come to the fore among the large manufacturers (most of them no longer produce polycrystalline solar cells), and although the prices are slightly higher now, these types have now become almost dominant in solar cell systems designed on the basis of business considerations. There are many reasons for this, let's see what they are!

A higher efficiency can be achieved with monocrystalline solar cells, the advantage of this is easy to see: the better the efficiency, the greater part of the sun's energy can be converted into electricity.
Another important aspect is that the cell production technology enables the continuous development of monos more and more energy from solar panels of a given size aimed at production. This may not seem so important at first, but it is. Let's see why: if the solar panel placed on our roof of a unit area will provide more energy over a long period of time, we can get a better system even with a smaller roof surface with a good location; in addition, it is also true that fewer solar panels are sufficient to satisfy our given energy needs, and the additional costs (supporting structure, installation fee) are reduced accordingly. Last but not least, less material consumption is overall better for the planet, less waste comes with its creation, so everyone wins with it. Another favorable feature is that it is typical of solar cells the degree of degradation over time is smaller, as with polycrystalline systems, so during the currently expected 20-30 years of use, the performance of the panels will decrease to a lesser extent than their polycrystalline counterparts.
It used to be said against monocrystalline panels that their use of scattered light was less favorable than poly models, but it can be said that this is no longer typical of today's mono types.
In addition to all of this, a clearly visible trend is that due to the development of monocrystalline production technology, these panels are also becoming cheaper, so we can soon expect that mono will largely displace poly from the market due to its favorable properties.

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