You may have seen a new type of panel emerge recently with twice as many half sized cells. They are referred to in different ways, such as half-cut cells, dual cells, split cells or low internal resistance panels. Cutting the standard cell in half and changing the layout has been simple, but highly advantageous. We’ll explain why in more detail here.

If you can't make sense of panel datasheets, this article is for you. It builds on our Solarpedia overview of solar panels, where we categorised panels into three groups, low end, standard and premium. This is good, but it doesn't tell you specifically what features can set panels apart. This is what we'll do in this post. 

The solar inverter is arguably the most important part of your system. For this reason, picking your inverter is something you want to spend a bit of time doing, particularly if you want to interact with your system after it's installed. What makes a good inverter though?

Many things impact the production of a solar panel, like location, pitch, orientation, season and any shading issues. Here we take a look at all of these to give you a better idea what you can expect out of your solar panels depending on your installation conditions.