REC Solar Panel

REC offers high-quality photovoltaic solar panel

REC Group was founded, and maintains its world headquarters, in Oslo, Norway. In 2021, 79.5% of REC Group stock was purchased by Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, for US$771 million.

REC group has manufactured for over 25 years and has produced more than 43,000,000 panels. That’s over 12 Gigawatts of clean renewable solar energy, providing electricity for over 18 million people around the globe.

REC Group Solar panels by the numbers

REC modules are rated among ‘Top Performers’ in all four categories in DNV-GL durability testing

REC Alpha Twin features increased points of contact within the cell, encouraging electron flow for optimum power delivery. Wiring used in the Alpha series is much thinner compared to the bus bars used in conventional panels. The REC Alpha series are not only great looking panels, but when it comes to power, they deliver.

These panels are divided into 2 identical sections. The Twin Design splits the current entering the panels, creating greater power output by decreasing resistance losses. Another advantage of the Twin Design is when shade falls part of the panel, the other will continue generating electricity at full capacity, resulting in higher energy yields.

REC 410 AA PURE is a popular REC panel you are likely to encounter in the Texas residential solar market.

REC 410 AA PURE has a power max output of 410

REC engineers innovated a brand-new design that resulted in a high-strength frame design for the Alpha series panels. Two additional cross members reinforce the entire frame structure. This design increases the panel's maximum load bearing from 5400 Pa to 7000 Pa, (!) far exceeding industry standards. This makes the REC Alpha series one of the strongest panels available in the Texas solar market.

REC 410 AA PURE modules

REC Alpha panels leverage the most cutting-edge cell architecture with advanced connection technology to push power, efficiency, and reliability to a whole new level.

The technology in REC Alpha panels maximizes power savings and greatly increases the customer's energy autonomy while delivering high power density and high efficiency. An increased number of wires greatly improves the flow of electricity current.

REC’s revolutionary innovative design has eliminated the need for invasive soldering practices, thus removing the risk of micro fractures resulting in long-lasting, high performance.

The REC black variant is a design masterpiece and the most elegant choice for your home. Sleek and stylish thanks to thin, barely visible wires and uniformly black-colored cells.

REC Solar Panel Efficiency

REC 410 AA PURE’s efficiency rating is an amazing 22.2%. This ranks REC among the HIGHEST in average solar panel efficiency. This is possible largely due to their Alpha series Twin Design, minimization of resistance loss. The twin Design also allows each half panel to continue generating electricity at full capacity even while the other half is shaded.

REC Solar Panel Power Tolerance Rating

Power tolerance refers to the amount of electricity produced either above or below its rated power capacity at Standard Test Conditions (STC). The smaller the power tolerance deviation or range, the more accurate the rated power capacity is.

REC Solar Alpha series solar modules have a power tolerance of -0/+5%.

That means REC panels will, at the very minimum, operate at their rated capacity, However, these panels exceed by as much as 5% of their rated capacity. For example, an REC panel rated at 410 W will be able to operate anywhere from 410 W to 430 W (or 5% higher than 410) under STC.

REC Solar Temperature Coefficient

Solar panels perform best at 77°F (25°C). Here in Texas, obviously, we see temperatures that far exceed 77°F for long portions of the year. A solar panel’s temperature coefficient is a measurement indicating how well a specific model of solar panel will perform outside of ideal operating conditions.

Knowing a panel’s temperature coefficient and the temperature of the panel will allow you to predict your panel’s performance during the dog days of summer.

Temperature coefficients are calculated in Celsius.

With each degree above 25° C /77° F, a given solar panel’s electric output will be diminished by its temperature coefficient.

Using the above methodology, the REC 410 AA PURE panel has a temperature coefficient of -0.26%/°C. Hence, when this panel’s temperature increases by one degree, from 25°C to 26°C (77° F to 79° F), expect a 0.26% reduction in potential electric output.

When it's July in Texas and temperatures have climbed to 95° F/35° C, expect electric output to decrease by 2.6%. When the hottest hours of the summer drives the mercury into the triple digits, say 113° F/ 45° C, the REC 410 AA PURE will decrease approximately 5.2%.

REC Solar Performance Testing

Most of the world’s solar infrastructure has been operational for less than 60 months. Accordingly, actual long-term data is not yet available for an industry this young. In the absence of real-world data, the solar industry relies on evaluations from expert, third party testing labs.

PVEL’s independent lab and field-testing assembles data that developers use to get reliable solar equipment. This allows performance forecasted with a strong degree of accuracy.

In the 2022 9th Edition of PVEL’s PV Module Reliability testing, REC Solar named the 7X Top Performer. It had previously won the distinction in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.