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Leapton - Solar Panel Reviews

4.7

Based on 32 ratings

Finn's Leapton Panels Review & Verdict

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

Leapton’s time in Australia has seen some controversy. While that was a couple of years ago, based on my dealings with the Australian importers, I wouldn’t go near them myself.

Leapton Panels: Pros & Cons

  • Affordable
  • Australian office address a residence, not a "real" office per se. Just doesn't inspire confidence.

About Leapton

Leapton Solar is a Japanese solar panel company, but its modules are manufactured in China. 

Australian Contact Information

Address: 74 Moruya Drive, Port Macquarie NSW 2444.
Phone: 0408 885 065.
Email: [email protected]
"Australian" website

Company Information

Leapton Energy was founded in 2012 in Kobe, Japan and opened a Chinese factory in 2015 in Jiangyin City in Jiangsu Province. In 2017 Leapton built a second solar panel factory in Changshu, Jiangsu.

Leapton Solar panels were first approved for use in Australia by the Clean Energy Council in October 2018. As at December 2024, the company claimed an annual production capacity of 3GW.

Leapton Australia Saga

Around mid-2022, an odd message appeared on what was the Australian Leapton website at the time. To cut a long story short, Leapton Energy in Japan told us the company operating that website had Leapton’s logo and trademark authorisation terminated in July that year. The spurned company wasn't happy with the situation, and Leapton wasn't happy with what that company stated on the now rebel website. As at late 2024, that website is still operational. You can read more about what happened here.

Leapton Solar Panels

Leapton has a bunch of solar panels models listed by the CEC; but we'll just focus on a few that are suitable for residential rooftop installations.

LP182*182-M-54-NB-54

These are dual glass bifacial N-type TOPCon solar panels available in front-face wattages of 420W - 440W. Measuring 1762mm*1134mm*30mm, the modules weigh 25kg. The LP182*182-M-54-NB-54 series have efficiencies up to 22.02% and a temperature coefficient of 0.30%/°C. The panels have an operating temperature of -45°C~+85°C

LP182*210-M-48-NB

Also a bifacial TOPCon panel, the LP182*210-M48-NB is available in 435W-450W and has the same dimensions as the modules above. The only real difference appears to be the use of 182*210mm cells as opposed to 182*182mm.

LP182*182-M-54-NH

The LP182*182-M-54-NH is a monofacial panel with N-Type TOPCon cells and is available in 430 - 450W. At 1722mm*1134mm*30mm, these are slightly smaller than the bifacial panels and signficantly lighter too at 21kg. Conversion efficiencies range from 22.02% to 23.04% and the temperature coefficient of Pmax is -0.30%/°C

Warranty Details

All the panels noted above are backed by a 25 year product warranty and 30 year performance warranty, with a minimum 87.4% of original capacity warranted at the end of year 30.

If you have Leapton panels installed, you can add your review and/or rating here.

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Leapton Reviews (32)

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Chose Risen panels but apparently not available and were replaced with Leapton. When Inverter was being repaired technician was surprised at low power production. He inspected panels and found that optimisers had not been installed. This was remedied as well as moving panels to receive more sunlight.

Inverter Brand

Fronius

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

MLEC Solar Perth

An incentive was offered by PSW Energy Perth Solar Warehouse for this review. Learn more here.

Research into panels tells me these are great bang for buck. Sure you can get more efficient, but you're better off buying an extra panel. Sure you can get ones that lose efficiency slower... but you're better off buying an extra panel. Sure you can get them made in places other than China, but you're going to have to cough up $$$. A Japanese owned company that makes them in China I think is the best compromise.

Inverter Brand

SMA

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

PSW Energy Perth Solar Warehouse
This company is a mess. They are currently selling the panel under a company just set up in a new ABN (April 2022) in Australia. They have been changing ABN and name to trade in Australia. It is really difficult to trust this company and ABN will be existing the next 25 years when they offer 25 years warranty. I regret my purchase as I didn’t know they are so NEW in Australia. I do not recommend anyone to this company. The installation is bad too. I had one panel hanging out of the roof ridge and two panels are not install as contracted. The installer keep pushing me to pay the final invoice when I ask them to come back and fix it. They do not want to fix it unless I pay. Really unprofessional. This is a nightmare and the worse purchase decision I ever made….

System Cost

$6,000 to $8,000

System Size

13kW

Installed By

Oz Solar World
440 W Leapton solar panels were installed. So I needed only 15 panels for the allowable 6.6kW

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Sunterra
The entire panel selection process is very confusing to the layman trying to buy a product that you want to last for 25 years. The warranty period is often quoted as some sort of gauge to use for panel selection. It is getting to the point that all panel manufacturer's offer similar terms. One additional perspective also offered is if they have a local office for support. It seems that maybe 1/2 of the panel vendors have a local office now as well. Maybe solar panels are becoming more of a commodity and the provider/installer should select the best for the consumer?

Inverter Brand

SMA

System Cost

More than $20,000

System Size

13kW

Installed By

MLEC Solar Perth
I have no north facing!! 6 east 14 west still seem to get good 30kw a day in September which works well for us. 1 year on and still getting great savings on bills about $200 per bill. Very happy.

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

MLEC Solar Perth
Installation good but they moved forward the installation date so didn't do a site visit beforehand. Their virtual plan layout didn't work and had to adjust the layout on the day. I would encourage others to ensure sunterra do the planning visit first (even though the sales person said the roof plan etc was very easy and they had elected to do e this, they weren't correct, and the installing team would have benefited from someone visiting prior)

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Sunterra
They are 4 years old hooked up to a growatt 3 phase inverter installed by Solar blu and haven't missed a beat

System Cost

$6,000 to $8,000

System Size

9kW

Installed By

Solarblu

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$6,000 to $8,000

System Size

5kW

Installed By

Solarblu

Inverter Brand

Huawei

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

PSW Energy Perth Solar Warehouse

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Solarblu

Inverter Brand

Shenzen Sofar Solar

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

MLEC Solar Perth

Inverter Brand

SMA

System Cost

$6,000 to $8,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

MLEC Solar Perth

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$6,000 to $8,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Solarblu

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$6,000 to $8,000

System Size

8kW

Installed By

Sunterra
Installed these panels in early 2020, so far very good results, no issues.

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Ausuntech

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Solarblu

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$0 to $2,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Sunterra
Facing half N/W and half N/E makes sure I get the best performance all day.

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

8kW

Installed By

Solargain Hastings

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$6,000 to $8,000

System Size

7kW

Installed By

Sunterra

Inverter Brand

SolarEdge

System Cost

$10,000 to $12,500

System Size

9kW

Installed By

Modergy

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

8kW

Installed By

Sunterra

Inverter Brand

Solis

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

MLEC Solar Perth

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Sunterra
Long time warranty

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Sunterra

Inverter Brand

Fronius

System Cost

$15,000 to $20,000

System Size

8kW

Installed By

Now Solar Group
Good performance

Inverter Brand

Huawei

System Cost

$2,000 to $4,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Pearmans Beta Group Pty Ltd

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$6,000 to $8,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Sunterra

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$6,000 to $8,000

System Size

10kW

Installed By

AICA Energy
Each panel 370W Mono-crystalline x 18

Inverter Brand

Growatt

System Cost

$8,000 to $10,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Sunterra

Inverter Brand

Shenzen Sofar Solar

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Empower Solar Australia Perth

Inverter Brand

Growatt hybrid (Other)

System Cost

$4,000 to $6,000

System Size

6.6kW

Installed By

Sunterra
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