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
- 445–460 W
- Electrical layer
- DC module output
- Construction
- Dual-glass, All-black
Performance guarantee: 30-year linear output
Wattage figure based on the sourced rated power (460 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, at 30°C and 1000 W/m². Rated 460 W at STC.
How this is modelled
Compounds this panel’s own published first-year (1%) and annual (0.3%/yr) degradation figures against its 460 W rated (STC) output, then derates for the ambient and irradiance selected. Output is scaled roughly linearly with irradiance (1000 W/m² against the 1000 W/m² STC reference). This is the dominant real-world effect at low light, whether from cloud, shading or soiling. Output is then further derated for heat, from this panel’s own NOCT (44°C) and temperature coefficient (-0.24%/°C), giving an estimated cell temperature of 60°C at that ambient and irradiance. A datasheet-derived estimate, not a field measurement or a warranty guarantee: it does not account for this panel’s own low-light efficiency response (a separate, less-consistently-published spec), or for wind and system design. See NOCT and temperature coefficient in the glossary.
Control panel
| Year | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watts | 417 W | 412 W | 406 W | 399 W | 393 W | 387 W |
| % of rated | 90.7% | 89.6% | 88.2% | 86.8% | 85.5% | 84.1% |
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 highest exact current rating established for the retained AU scope. Scored model: HSN-210R-S96DSB460 · checked 2026-08-17. Evidence.
Sources & references · checked 2026-09-22
Strong evidence coverage
18 of 18 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.
How far the evidence reaches
- OutputThird-party source1 of 9 rows beyond claim
- EnduranceCertified or regulator-listed3 of 5 rows beyond claim
- SafetyNot assessed for panels
- Warranty & backingManufacturer claim2 rows
- FitManufacturer claim2 rows
- FootprintNot assessed for panels
Rings, outside in: manufacturer claim, certified or regulator-listed, third-party source. The centre is review.solar's own measurement, empty for every product today. How the evidence puzzle works
Record correction. Built 2026-08-17 from Huasun's current exact datasheet 2.0_20251224_D, retrieved and text-extracted locally. The revision matters: the datasheet reached from Huasun's product page is a superseded V1.0_2024_10 file, and the current sheets are only served from the CMS listing. Between those revisions the 96-cell weight moved 21.8 to 21.6 kg, the 108-cell weight 27.4 to 27.1 kg, and the operating range narrowed from -40~+85 C to -40~+70 C. The sheet ladder spans 445-470 W; the retained Australian range is 445-460 W because the CER export checked 2026-08-12 lists HSN-210R-S96DSB only across 440-460 W, expiring 2027-10-22. Re-verification 2026-08-18: PID and ammonia resistance recorded from the Clean Energy Council enhanced listing for exact model HSN-210R-S96DSB460, matched on exact model identity rather than brand or series. The exact-model enhanced listing includes salt-mist certification without a published severity; the certification-without-severity band is retained. Re-verification 2026-08-18: salt mist recorded as certified without published severity from the Clean Energy Council enhanced listing for exact model HSN-210R-S96DSB460, under panel rubric v2.11.0 which added that band. First-market US and DE overlay review 2026-09-01: official regional catalogues recorded; Australian overlays and scores unchanged. Reader explanation corrected 6 October 2026: the previously accepted 18 August certifications for PID, ammonia and salt mist are retained. Salt severity, numerical PID loss and extended damp-heat hours remain unestablished; current datasheet access is blocked. This wording correction is not a new certification verification.
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Product record history
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AU Warranty scope
- Current text
- Covered by Huasun's Limited Warranty for Heterojunction Photovoltaic Modules Ver.3.0, which names this exact model in Table 1 and provides a 15-year product term and a 30-year power term. Two limits are material to an Australian buyer. Ver.3.0 is valid solely for modules sold under purchase agreements signed on or after 1 January 2026, and it carries no Australian Consumer Law statement and names no Australian importer. The Australia-region instrument that does carry an ACL clause and names Prosun Solar Distribution and AZ Energy as importers is Version 1.7, and its own clause 13 limits it to modules delivered between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2025. Huasun's downloads library, read on 7 October 2026, lists no Australia-region warranty later than Version 1.7, so Ver.3.0 is the only current instrument it publishes for purchase agreements signed from 1 January 2026. Huasun's separate high-load datasheet for this model code shows a 30-year product-warranty badge marked available in AU, JP, KR and EUR; no warranty instrument read states that term, and Table 1 of Ver.3.0 gives 15 years. Ver.3.0 also ceases to apply if a module is transferred or resold outside the country or region stipulated in its delivery contract.
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AU market evidenceAU market evidence+4 in JSON recordAU Support Note
- Current text
- Huasun publishes no Australian office: its Contact Huasun page, read on 7 October 2026, lists only its headquarters in Xuancheng, Anhui, China, with sales and customer service email addresses, a customer service telephone number and an after-sales technical service line, and its Our Distributors page lists no Australian distributor. The importers named in the Australia-region warranty Version 1.7, which covers modules delivered between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2025, are Prosun Solar Distribution Pty Ltd and AZ Energy Pty Ltd. Exact distributor stock and continuous availability for every bin remain unknown.
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AU market evidenceAU market evidence+4 in JSON recordAU Warranty conditions
- Current text
- labour: Site labour is not covered by the limited warranty.; registration: Claims must be notified to Huasun in writing or by telephone within 15 working days of the date the customer first discovered, or should have discovered, evidence of a potential non-conformity, and in any event no later than 30 days after the non-conformity becomes apparent. All required supporting materials are due within 30 days of that first discovery date, and supplementary materials Huasun requests are due within 15 days of the request (clause 2.1(1)). A transfer needs written notice to Huasun, and evidence of the succession is due within 15 working days of Huasun's request (clause 5).; remedy: Repair, replacement or refund at Huasun's determination.; removal reinstallation: Not covered.; transferability: Assignable on written notice, conditional on the modules staying at the original installation location, full payment, entire-warranty transfer and the assignee accepting all terms; the assignor keeps joint and several liability.; transport: Not stated as unconditionally covered.
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AU market evidenceAU market evidence+4 in JSON recordAU Certifications
- Current text
- The CER approved PV module export (page last updated 2 October 2026, read 7 October 2026; the export of 24 September 2026 carries the same rows) lists exactly three HSN-210R-S96DSB models: 440 W, 450 W and 460 W. Each was approved on 22 October 2024 and expires on 22 October 2027, and the Fire Tested column reads Yes without naming a fire class or test standard. The export has no row for the 445 W or 455 W bins. Of the bins on manufacturer datasheet 2.0_20251224_D (445 to 470 W), only 450 W and 460 W have an exact CER row. The 440 W row matches a bin on the earlier datasheet V1.0_2024_09 (440 to 465 W), which Huasun's downloads library still lists in its G12R Series (Australia Region) folder, but not a bin on 2.0_20251224_D. The 445 to 460 W range in this record's name is therefore not matched bin by bin by the CER listing.
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AU market evidenceAU market evidence+4 in JSON recordUS Support Note
- Current text
- www.huasunsolar.com/us/ returns 404 (read 7 October 2026). No Huasun page, datasheet or distributor entry read names HSN-210R-S96DSB460 for the United States: the Our Distributors page lists no United States entity, and the downloads library has no United States folder, its only regional module folder being G12R Series (Australia Region). The California Energy Commission PV module list (data unchanged since 1 October 2026) has no Huasun row; that list is voluntary, so its absence does not establish unavailability. The global Everest G12R page and its 470 W, 530 W or 630 W top bins are not a United States sale path and are not transferred. The Australian-region warranty is not transferred. Neither availability nor unavailability in the United States is established.
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US market evidenceAU market evidence+1 in JSON record
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Source revision
- Current text
- Built 2026-08-17 from Huasun's current exact datasheet 2.0_20251224_D, retrieved and text-extracted locally. The revision matters: the datasheet reached from Huasun's product page is a superseded V1.0_2024_10 file, and the current sheets are only served from the CMS listing. Between those revisions the 96-cell weight moved 21.8 to 21.6 kg, the 108-cell weight 27.4 to 27.1 kg, and the operating range narrowed from -40~+85 C to -40~+70 C. The sheet ladder spans 445-470 W; the retained Australian range is 445-460 W because the CER export checked 2026-08-12 lists HSN-210R-S96DSB only across 440-460 W, expiring 2027-10-22. Re-verification 2026-08-18: PID and ammonia resistance recorded from the Clean Energy Council enhanced listing for exact model HSN-210R-S96DSB460, matched on exact model identity rather than brand or series. The exact-model enhanced listing includes salt-mist certification without a published severity; the certification-without-severity band is retained. Re-verification 2026-08-18: salt mist recorded as certified without published severity from the Clean Energy Council enhanced listing for exact model HSN-210R-S96DSB460, under panel rubric v2.11.0 which added that band. First-market US and DE overlay review 2026-09-01: official regional catalogues recorded; Australian overlays and scores unchanged. Reader explanation corrected 6 October 2026: the previously accepted 18 August certifications for PID, ammonia and salt mist are retained. Salt severity, numerical PID loss and extended damp-heat hours remain unestablished; current datasheet access is blocked. This wording correction is not a new certification verification.
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Primary datasheet
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US Support Note
- Current text
- www.huasunsolar.com/us/ returns 404. No official United States catalogue names HSN-210R-S96DSB460. The global Everest G12R page and its 470 W, 530 W or 630 W top bins are not a United States sale path and are not transferred. The Australian-region warranty is not transferred. Re-audited 2026-09-22: this determination rests solely on the fetch failure recorded above, with no independently reachable regional catalogue, store or archived copy consulted. Downgraded to not_reviewed - unavailable was not confirmed, and this pass did not re-fetch to confirm available either.
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US market evidenceAU market evidence+1 in JSON record
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US Status
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- unavailable
US Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://www.huasunsolar.com/downloads.html; https://www.huasunsolar.com/everest-g12r.html; https://www.huasunsolar.com/us/
DE Support Note
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- www.huasunsolar.com/de/ is a language pack of the global homepage, the same pattern as /fr/, not a German product catalogue. It does not name HSN-210R-S96DSB460. The downloads library labels the G12R series as Australia Region. Global Everest family codes and higher 470 W, 530 W or 630 W bins are not transferred. B versus S, 96 versus 108 versus 132, and DS versus DSN versus DSB siblings stay on their own records.
US Certifications
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
DE Status
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- unavailable
US Support Note
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- www.huasunsolar.com/us/ returns 404. No official United States catalogue names HSN-210R-S96DSB460. The global Everest G12R page and its 470 W, 530 W or 630 W top bins are not a United States sale path and are not transferred. The Australian-region warranty is not transferred.
DE Certifications
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
DE Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://www.huasunsolar.com/de/; https://www.huasunsolar.com/downloads.html; https://www.huasunsolar.com/everest-g12r.html; https://www.huasunsolar.com/fr/
Source revision
- Current text
- Built 2026-08-17 from Huasun's current exact datasheet 2.0_20251224_D, retrieved and text-extracted locally. The revision matters: the datasheet reached from Huasun's product page is a superseded V1.0_2024_10 file, and the current sheets are only served from the CMS listing. Between those revisions the 96-cell weight moved 21.8 to 21.6 kg, the 108-cell weight 27.4 to 27.1 kg, and the operating range narrowed from -40~+85 C to -40~+70 C. The sheet ladder spans 445-470 W; the retained Australian range is 445-460 W because the CER export checked 2026-08-12 lists HSN-210R-S96DSB only across 440-460 W, expiring 2027-10-22. Re-verification 2026-08-18: PID and ammonia resistance recorded from the Clean Energy Council enhanced listing for exact model HSN-210R-S96DSB460, matched on exact model identity rather than brand or series. Salt mist is also enhanced-listed for this model but the rubric bands salt mist by severity and the regulator publishes none, so it remains unset. Re-verification 2026-08-18: salt mist recorded as certified without published severity from the Clean Energy Council enhanced listing for exact model HSN-210R-S96DSB460, under panel rubric v2.11.0 which added that band. First-market US and DE overlay review 2026-09-01: official regional catalogues recorded; Australian overlays and scores unchanged.
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Primary datasheet
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Certification: HSN-210R-S96DSB460 (IEC 61215-2021)
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- accepted at: 2026-08-29; category: module; certification model: HSN-210R-S96DSB460 (IEC 61215-2021); jurisdiction: au_cec; match method: exact_normalized_single_record; product slug: huasun-everest-g12r-s96dsb-445-460-au; source key: data/huasun_everest_g12r_s96dsb_au.json; source manufacturer name: Anhui Huasun Energy Co Ltd; validation: approved at: 2024-10-22; candidate model: HSN-210R-S96DSB460 (IEC 61215-2021); data confidence: High; evidence url: https://cer.gov.au/document/cec-approved-pv-modules-0; expires at: 2027-10-22; list data version: au-cer-module-2026-08-20-4e04f9838af2; list retrieved at: 2026-08-27T04:30:12Z; listing status at validation: listed
Certification model
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- HSN-210R-S96DSB460 (IEC 61215-2021)
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Independent energy yield: Evidence status
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- sourced
Independent energy yield
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- Brand or series yield-tested; exact model not covered
Independent energy yield: Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://scorecard.pvel.com/methodology/; https://scorecard.pvel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024-PV-Module-Reliability-Scorecard.pdf
6 changes to this record · 19 products changed in this update
Salt mist (IEC 61701)
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- Certified (IEC 61701), severity not published
Salt mist (IEC 61701): Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://cleanenergycouncil.org.au/industry/products/modules
Source revision
- Current text
- Built 2026-08-17 from Huasun's current exact datasheet 2.0_20251224_D, retrieved and text-extracted locally. The revision matters: the datasheet reached from Huasun's product page is a superseded V1.0_2024_10 file, and the current sheets are only served from the CMS listing. Between those revisions the 96-cell weight moved 21.8 to 21.6 kg, the 108-cell weight 27.4 to 27.1 kg, and the operating range narrowed from -40~+85 C to -40~+70 C. The sheet ladder spans 445-470 W; the retained Australian range is 445-460 W because the CER export checked 2026-08-12 lists HSN-210R-S96DSB only across 440-460 W, expiring 2027-10-22. Re-verification 2026-08-18: PID and ammonia resistance recorded from the Clean Energy Council enhanced listing for exact model HSN-210R-S96DSB460, matched on exact model identity rather than brand or series. Salt mist is also enhanced-listed for this model but the rubric bands salt mist by severity and the regulator publishes none, so it remains unset. Re-verification 2026-08-18: salt mist recorded as certified without published severity from the Clean Energy Council enhanced listing for exact model HSN-210R-S96DSB460, under panel rubric v2.11.0 which added that band.
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Primary datasheet
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Ammonia resistance (IEC 62716): Evidence status
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- sourced
PID (IEC TS 62804): Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://cleanenergycouncil.org.au/industry/products/modules
Ammonia resistance (IEC 62716)
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- IEC 62716 certified
PID (IEC TS 62804)
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- Independently tested / certified
Ammonia resistance (IEC 62716): Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://cleanenergycouncil.org.au/industry/products/modules
Source revision
- Current text
- Built 2026-08-17 from Huasun's current exact datasheet 2.0_20251224_D, retrieved and text-extracted locally. The revision matters: the datasheet reached from Huasun's product page is a superseded V1.0_2024_10 file, and the current sheets are only served from the CMS listing. Between those revisions the 96-cell weight moved 21.8 to 21.6 kg, the 108-cell weight 27.4 to 27.1 kg, and the operating range narrowed from -40~+85 C to -40~+70 C. The sheet ladder spans 445-470 W; the retained Australian range is 445-460 W because the CER export checked 2026-08-12 lists HSN-210R-S96DSB only across 440-460 W, expiring 2027-10-22. Re-verification 2026-08-18: PID and ammonia resistance recorded from the Clean Energy Council enhanced listing for exact model HSN-210R-S96DSB460, matched on exact model identity rather than brand or series. Salt mist is also enhanced-listed for this model but the rubric bands salt mist by severity and the regulator publishes none, so it remains unset.
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Primary datasheet
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Archived Source
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- sources/review.solar-anhui-huasun-energy-co-ltd-huasun-everest-g12r-hsn-210r-s96dsb-445-460w-au-datasheet.pdf
1 change to this record · 6 products changed in this update
Product record
kind: panel; brand: Huasun; name: Everest G12R S96DSB; model: HSN-210R-S96DSB445 through HSN-210R-S96DSB460 (96 (6x16) cells, N-type HJT, bifacial double glass); scored model HSN-210R-S96DSB460; score: 63.5
Primary datasheet
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Evidence timeline
Recorded verification events for this scorecard. These are evidence checks, not historical score snapshots.
- AU market evidence checked
- Core scorecard evidence checked
- US market evidence checked
- DE market evidence checked
- Australian certification source identity verified
- Series benchmark evidence checked
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Our reading
Everest G12R S96DSB scores 65, placing 48 of 53 in the Premium Performance class against a class average of 67.8. Its strongest scoring dimension is performance & degradation (81), above the class average of 79. Guarantee & Backbone scores 44, the lowest pillar for this product. The class average on guarantee & backbone is 55. Underlying specifications include a module efficiency of 23.0%, N-type HJT cell technology, 15-year product warranty backed by a 30-year performance term.
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