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Quoted from "outsmart"

It seems Renesola is the only company around that is able to deliver 255W and 260W Multi-Modules in volume.

All at price points nobody can ignore, expect them to ship massive module volume in Q2.

No question, they own the best wafer tech and this will help them to take over other wafer operations in China.

welcome to the cult.

Yes, shipments of 255Wp and 260 MWp multi modules is something that also interests me quite a bit. Is SOL's average wattage really 255Wp ? How do their shipments break up into the different classes? I have a feeling that there are way more 250 and 255 Wp modules available than 260 Wp. Nothing to be ashamed about, since 260Wp is the highest that you currently can go in multi.

Take the time and have a look at JASO. They claim average multi cell efficiency of 17.5%, which is just .1% below what SOL claims. Datasheets go up to 260 Wp as well, so I don't see a real disadvantage to SOL.

The Virtus II module average is 255w according to them. They sell 40-45% of the wafers they make and keep the remaining 55-60% for their modules. The ones they keep are the better part of the bell curve. If this averages 255w you can do the math for the wafer yield bell curve.

ok, that would explain there being more 250s than 260s. SOL has announced a 2MW order of 260s from Japan, haven't they? If they manage those volumes that would be certainly impressive.

Do you know who does the cell tolling for them?

Quoted from "Klothilde"

ok, that would explain there being more 250s than 260s. SOL has announced a 2MW order of 260s from Japan, haven't they? If they manage those volumes that would be certainly impressive.

Yes, they claimed to be first company to mass produce 260w poly modules when announcing that 2 MW order for Japan.

Quoted from "Klothilde"

Do you know who does the cell tolling for them?

No I don't think they disclose that.