CSUN review

CSUN - Solar Panel Reviews

4.4

Based on 40 ratings

Finn's CSUN Panels Review & Verdict

Finn Peacock has been a Chartered Electrical Engineer since 1998, and is ex-CSIRO

CSUN solar panels were relatively popular in Australia until the company's modules were removed from the CEC's approved solar panels list back in 2019 for non-compliance with listing guidelines.

CSUN Panels: Pros & Cons

  • No longer approved in Australia for the solar rebate.

About CSUN

CSUN is Chinese solar panel manufacturer that is also known as China Sunergy. 

Contact Details

Address: 6 Shuige Road, Jiangning District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China
Phone: +86 135 8401 6304
Email: [email protected]
Website

Company Info

China Sunergy was founded in 2004 and started its first solar cell production line in 2005.

The firm grew quickly and in 2007, listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange - but that was to end in 2016 after CSUN experienced major financial problems and it was delisted for having a total share value of less than USD $15 million.

The company managed to keep going throughout its trials and tribulations, and today has 2.5GW of annual production capacity from seven factories in China, USA, Turkey, South Korea and Vietnam. The company says it has shipped more than 15GW of its solar panels worldwide.

CSUN Solar Panels In Australia

CSUN says it established a branch office in Australia in 2011, but the warehouse was closed in 2016 due to "changing of its strategy". The firm claimed it was continuing to expand locally through local distributors. However, it was still listing Australian phone numbers on its website; both of which were disconnected. We know they were disconnected because we tried them on various occasions in 2017 and 2018.

Then in 2019, all CSUN solar panels that were previously approved for use in Australia by the Clean Energy Council - and there were a lot of them - were delisted. The CEC said this was due to the use of components not on the certificate and serial numbers that didn't conform with the formats supplied to the organisation. 

This means that any CSUN panels installed from the date of delisting would no longer be eligible for Australia's solar rebate (and some other state incentives) - and it's unlikely they would get permission to connect to the grid in most Australian regions.

CSUN Warranty Information

Before delisting, CSUN solar panels available in Australia had a 10 year product warranty and a 25 year performance warranty. China Sunergy do not have an office here, so if you have issues with CSUN panels still under warranty, you should contact your installation company as the first step as they are responsible for warranty issues. If your installer has disappeared, then try contacting China Sunergy.

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CSUN Reviews (40)

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Produces as much as was predicted with 17 Canadian Solar CS6K-280M. So perhaps not as efficient as, so when told we would have to wait past the instal date for them or we could go ahead with CSUN...should have waited. I would urge people who sign up to wait for what they signed up for rather than rush it. If the supply wishes to change, must be better not the same.

Inverter Brand

Fronius

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

4kW

Installed By

EOC Energy VIC
We installed 18 x CSUN 300 W MONO SOLAR PANELS = 5.4 kw

Inverter Brand

Sungrow

System Cost

$4,049

System Size

5kW

Installed By

Ozmak Electrical Pty Ltd
Again, I don't know much about solar panels, other than they came with a 10 year product warranty and a 25 year performance warranty. They seem to be performing well thus far.

Inverter Brand

SolaX Power

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

SolarBright
Csun 270w Monocrystalline

Inverter Brand

SMA

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

4kW

Installed By

Blu Sky Solar
Right in the middle of a heatwave at the moment and pretty much able to run my aircon and fans at no charge during the hot hours, and without the heatwave, dishwasher, drier fridge pretty much no cost during the daylight hours.

Inverter Brand

Shenzen Sofar Solar

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

3kW

Installed By

Halcol Energy
Panels have been working consistently all year with equal power generation from each one, observable online via the APS monitoring system 24/7. Self-cleaning in rainy conditions (had plenty of those!) and they generate power from dawn to dusk despite being flush-fitted to a NW facing colourbond roof with a 10 degree slope. Even on cloudy days they are still producing power, albeit in noticeably smaller amounts.

Inverter Brand

APsystems

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

2kW

Installed By

Sunny Afternoons
The panels preform very well. The only issue was just recently during heavy rain. Water had entered the DC isolation switch causing problems and fault in the system. The SolaX monitoring system was quick to sent me an email to tell me there was a fault. Contacted the repair agent and they where there that day to shut the system down to avoid any damage and che k an repaired the system in 3 days. They used a different type switch and repositioned it to keep it out of the weather. Apparently there quite a few system around town with the same issue with the DC isolation switch. System is all good and running normal.

Inverter Brand

SolaX Power

System Cost

$10,000 to $15,000

System Size

5kW

Installed By

True North Solar

Inverter Brand

SolaX Power

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Arise Solar

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Solar Installation Services

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Goodhew Electrical and Solar

Inverter Brand

SolaX Power

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

SolarBright

Inverter Brand

Shenzen Sofar Solar

System Cost

Under $3000

System Size

3kW

Installed By

SAE Group Nth Sunny Coast

Inverter Brand

Goodwe

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Solar Power Nation

Inverter Brand

SolaX Power

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Daniel Shea Electrical and Solar
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Inverter Brand

Solis-3P5K-AU (Other)

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

5kW

Installed By

Solar Beam
True Value Solar installed them 25/02/12 1.95kW

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

4kW

Installed By

Solar Service Group

Inverter Brand

Sungrow

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

2kW

Installed By

Goodhew Electrical and Solar

Inverter Brand

Fronius

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

3kW

Installed By

Origin Energy

Inverter Brand

Trannergy

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

5kW

Installed By

Goodhew Electrical and Solar
Haven’t reduced my power bills as much as I was told or expected but still better than nothing

Inverter Brand

SMA

System Cost

$6,000 to $10,000

System Size

5kW

Installed By

Greenultimate Pty Ltd

Inverter Brand

Shenzhen INVT Electric

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

4kW

Installed By

All Green Environmental Solutions

Inverter Brand

Zeversolar

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

4kW

Installed By

Beyond Solar NSW

Inverter Brand

SMA

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

1kW

Installed By

Case Statewide Solar

Inverter Brand

Fronius

System Cost

$6,000 to $10,000

System Size

5kW

Installed By

Beyond Solar NSW

Inverter Brand

Sungrow

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

6kW

Installed By

SAE Group QLD

Inverter Brand

Shenzen Sofar Solar

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

4kW

Installed By

Halcol Energy

Inverter Brand

Shenzen Sofar Solar

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

4kW

Installed By

Halcol Energy
Have performed over and above the figure that was initially projected

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

5kW

Installed By

Halcol Energy

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

Under $3000

System Size

1.5kW

Installed By

Halcol Energy

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

5kW

Installed By

Halcol Energy
We have not had any problems. The panels seem to be performing OK.

Inverter Brand

Sungrow

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

4kW

Installed By

Green and Gold Solar Australia

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

Under $3000

System Size

2kW

Installed By

Halcol Energy

Inverter Brand

Fimer

System Cost

$15,000 to $20,000

System Size

5kW

Installed By

True North Solar

Inverter Brand

SMA

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

2kW

Installed By

Halcol Energy

Inverter Brand

Latronics

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

1.5kW

Installed By

Auzion OLD

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

Under $3000

System Size

1.5kW

Installed By

True Value Solar

Inverter Brand

Xantrex / Enerdrive Pty Ltd

System Cost

$6,000 to $10,000

System Size

3kW

Installed By

Halcol Energy

Inverter Brand

sunstreams 1500 (Other)

System Cost

Under $3000

System Size

1.5kW

Installed By

Solar Save

Inverter Brand

Sunny Roo Products

System Cost

$3,000 to $6,000

System Size

2kW

Installed By

BTS Energy
no trouble so far

Inverter Brand

Fimer

System Cost

$6,000 to $10,000

System Size

2kW

Installed By

Glen Clark and Co
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