The assessment
How it scores, by category
Market position
The data
Solar module
Produces DC electricity at the roof. It contains no system-level power conversion or storage.
- Product role
- None in the module.
- Published range
- 465–495 W
- Electrical layer
- DC module output
- Construction
- Not recorded
Performance guarantee: 30-year linear output
Wattage figure based on the sourced rated power (495 W) applied to the guaranteed floor; modular/format differences aside, this is the same rated-power spec shown above.
Modelled effective output, year by year
Year 1 to year 25. Rated 495 W at STC.
How this is modelled
Modelled from this panel’s own published first-year (1%) and annual (0.35%/yr) degradation figures, compounded against its 495 W rated (STC) output. This is a datasheet-derived estimate, not a field measurement or a warranty guarantee. Actual output also depends on site irradiance, temperature, soiling and system design.
| Year | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watts | 490 W | 483 W | 474 W | 466 W | 457 W | 448 W |
| % of rated | 99.0% | 97.6% | 95.8% | 94.1% | 92.3% | 90.6% |
Verification & sources
Market context
Global evidencechange in the site menu
Global benchmark. This scorecard is benchmarked globally. A global score does not imply local availability, certification, warranty coverage, or installer compatibility.
Benchmark anchor. The score uses the named exact German benchmark; larger stacks, paid states and nearby generations do not transfer evidence. Scored model: AIKO-A495-MCE54Dw · checked 2026-08-16. Evidence.
Australian warranty decision
0 product records
Read the Australian warranty as a claim pathway: the headline term is separate from remedy, labour, freight, site work, transfer and registration conditions.
No available Australian warranty decision record is published for this product. No coverage is inferred.
Sources & references · checked 2026-08-18
Strong evidence coverage
16 of 16 scored criteria link directly to a published source.
Values marked estimated, derived, or not found remain visible on the audit sheet and do not carry the same evidential weight as a linked source. Coverage measures direct links, not an independent guarantee that a claim is correct.
Record correction. Re-verified 2026-08-17 against AIKO's current datasheet, 202605 V5.1, retrieved and text-extracted rather than read from the product page. AIKO re-documented this family between May and June 2026: the sheet is now titled "Neostar 54", the 3P/3S generation designator is dropped, the filename carries a G4 prefix, and the printed SKU table reads AIKO-A480-MCE54Dw through AIKO-A505-MCE54Dw. AIKO's own product page still shows the older band, so page and datasheet disagree on the manufacturer's own site. DE range stays 465-495 W: the German product page and the German-market evidence still carry that band, and A500/A505 have no German certification recorded. Scored model and score are unchanged, and the scored bin appears in both the current sheet and the regulator listing. Previous primary source: https://aikosolar.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Neostar-3PPlus54_193-AIKO-A-MCE54Dw_465-495W-1762x1134x30mm_202601_V3.1_DE.pdf Corrected 2026-08-18: Cell technology tier set to Full rear-contact tier, verified against the German band datasheet V3.1 which reads "Zellentyp N-Typ ABC". The field was empty, so the record scored its own missing-data floor and could not reach Premium Performance under the technology-keyed class system.
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Product record history
1 change to this record · 65 products changed in this update
8 changes to this record · 1 product changed in this update
Source revision
- Current text
- Re-verified 2026-08-17 against AIKO's current datasheet, 202605 V5.1, retrieved and text-extracted rather than read from the product page. AIKO re-documented this family between May and June 2026: the sheet is now titled "Neostar 54", the 3P/3S generation designator is dropped, the filename carries a G4 prefix, and the printed SKU table reads AIKO-A480-MCE54Dw through AIKO-A505-MCE54Dw. AIKO's own product page still shows the older band, so page and datasheet disagree on the manufacturer's own site. DE range stays 465-495 W: the German product page and the German-market evidence still carry that band, and A500/A505 have no German certification recorded. Scored model and score are unchanged, and the scored bin appears in both the current sheet and the regulator listing. Previous primary source: https://aikosolar.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Neostar-3PPlus54_193-AIKO-A-MCE54Dw_465-495W-1762x1134x30mm_202601_V3.1_DE.pdf Corrected 2026-08-18: Cell technology tier set to Full rear-contact tier, verified against the German band datasheet V3.1 which reads "Zellentyp N-Typ ABC". The field was empty, so the record scored its own missing-data floor and could not reach Premium Performance under the technology-keyed class system.
The previous text is not reproduced here: both versions run to a full research paragraph. Both are in the JSON record linked below.
Primary datasheetCell technology tier: Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://aikosolar.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Neostar-3PPlus54_193-AIKO-A-MCE54Dw_465-495W-1762x1134x30mm_202601_V3.1_DE.pdf
3 changes to this record · 106 products changed in this update
1 change to this record · 2 products changed in this update
Archived Source
- Before
- sources/review.solar-shanghai-aiko-energy-co-ltd-aiko-neostar-3p-54-dual-glass-465-495w-de-datasheet.pdf
- After
- No longer recorded
1 change to this record · 1 product changed in this update
Archived Source
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- sources/review.solar-shanghai-aiko-energy-co-ltd-aiko-neostar-3p-54-dual-glass-465-495w-de-datasheet.pdf
2 changes to this record · 4 products changed in this update
Source revision
- Before
- Neostar 3P+54 German datasheet 202601 V3.1 and warranty 1.6.3 checked 2026-08-16
- After
- Re-verified 2026-08-17 against AIKO's current datasheet, 202605 V5.1, retrieved and text-extracted rather than read from the product page. AIKO re-documented this family between May and June 2026: the sheet is now titled "Neostar 54", the 3P/3S generation designator is dropped, the filename carries a G4 prefix, and the printed SKU table reads AIKO-A480-MCE54Dw through AIKO-A505-MCE54Dw. AIKO's own product page still shows the older band, so page and datasheet disagree on the manufacturer's own site. DE range stays 465-495 W: the German product page and the German-market evidence still carry that band, and A500/A505 have no German certification recorded. Scored model and score are unchanged, and the scored bin appears in both the current sheet and the regulator listing. Previous primary source: https://aikosolar.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Neostar-3PPlus54_193-AIKO-A-MCE54Dw_465-495W-1762x1134x30mm_202601_V3.1_DE.pdf
Primary Source
- Before
- https://aikosolar.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Neostar-3PPlus54_193-AIKO-A-MCE54Dw_465-495W-1762x1134x30mm_202601_V3.1_DE.pdf
- After
- https://aikosolar.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/G4-54Dw-1762_AIKO-A-MCE54Dw_480-505W1762%C3%971134%C3%9730_202605_V5.1_EN.pdf
1 change to this record · 13 products changed in this update
Product record
kind: panel; brand: AIKO; name: Neostar 3P+54 Dual-Glass; model: AIKO-A465-MCE54Dw through AIKO-A495-MCE54Dw; scored AIKO-A495-MCE54Dw; score: 63.1
Cell technology tier
This is review.solar's publication history. It does not claim the product changed on the recorded date, and it excludes compatibility, system pairing, installation suitability and relative leaderboard prose. Open the complete JSON record.
Evidence timeline
Recorded verification events for this scorecard. These are evidence checks, not historical score snapshots.
- Core scorecard evidence checked
- DE market evidence checked
- Series benchmark evidence checked
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Our reading
Neostar 3P+54 Dual-Glass scores 68, placing 28 of 47 in the Premium Performance class against a class average of 68.9. Its strongest scoring dimension is architecture & design (94), running 8.4 points above the class average on this dimension. Sustainability scores 46, the lowest pillar for this product. The class average on sustainability is 52. Underlying specifications include a module efficiency of 24.8%, N-type ABC (all back contact) cell technology, 15-year product warranty backed by a 30-year performance term.