Finn's Akcome Panels Review & Verdict
Finn Peacock has been a Chartered Electrical Engineer since 1998, and is ex-CSIRO
Akcome's very Australian-named and very Chinese-made Kookaburra solar panels have been available here for a while. While they look ok on (virtual) paper for what I assume is a panel at the budget end of the pricing spectrum, we haven't had much feedback on them from customers or installers, so it's difficult to offer an opinion.
About Akcome
Akcome Group was founded in China in 2006 and listed on the Chinese Stock Exchange in 2010 (SZ 002610).
Australian Contact Details
NSW address: 19A, 11-21 Underwood Rd, Sydney, 2140
QLD address: 12/50-56 Sanders Street, Upper Mount Gravatt, 4122
Phone: 1300 553 188
Email: [email protected]
Australian website
Company Info
Akcome operates globally in over 30 countries and boasts more than 6,000 employees. The company has manufacturing facilities in Suzhou and Ganzhou in Jiangsu Province, China. As well as producing solar panels, Akcome also manufactures mounting systems, and owns and operates more than 50 solar farms across the Asia Pacific with a collective capacity exceeding 1.5 GW.
Akcome Kookaburra Solar Panels
There are two Kookaburra models currently listed in the Clean Energy Council's approved solar panels list, the SK9609MHVC-415 (415 Watts) and the SK9609TDGDC-440 (440 Watts). These are listed under the manufacturer name of Suzhou Akcome Optronics Science & Technology Co Ltd.
The Kookaburra SK9609MHVC-415 is a mono PERC half-cut panel with a module efficiency of 21.26%, a temperature coefficient of -0.36%/°C, measures 1722 x 1134 x 30mm and weighs 21.5kg. The temperature coefficient of this panel, which indicates how much power is lost for each degree Celsius above 25°C (panel temperature), is a little higher than that of most popular panels.
The SK9609TDGDC-440 is a TOPCon half-cut bifacial dual-glass module with a conversion efficiency of 22.53%, temperature coefficient of -0.30%/°C, measures 1722 x 1134 x 30mm and weighs 24.5 kilograms.
Warranty Information
Both Akcome Kookaburra panels have a 15-year product warranty. The SK9609MHVC-415 also has a 25 year performance warranty, with annual average degradation in years 2-25 less than 0.55% - meaning a warranted output in year 25 of 80%. The SK9609TDGDC-440's performance warranty is 30 years, with years 2-30 having degradation of less than 0.40% annually on average, for a warranted output in year 30 of 87.4%.
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