Installed byOrilla Solar
AIKO back-contact solar panels, laid out for your roof
Orilla Solar mostly installs two AIKO panels: the 545 W Neostar 3S+60, a black dual-glass panel for homes and roofs where looks matter, and the larger 660 W Stellar 3N+72 for business and farm roofs and ground mounts. Both use AIKO’s ABC cells, with every electrical contact on the back of the cell. We design the panel layout, pair it with the right inverter and battery, and look after the system afterwards.
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- 2024 & 2026 Sigenergy installer award recipient
- Data logging before design
Panels built around back-contact cells
AIKO moved every electrical contact to the back of the cell. That is what ABC (all back contact) means, and it shapes how these panels look, cope with shade and handle heat.
No metal lines on the front
With the contacts on the back, nothing shades the front of the cell, so more of the panel catches light. It also gives an even, clean look.
Keeps producing when partly shaded
AIKO designs its cells so a shaded cell passes current around itself, instead of knocking out a third of the panel.
Made for hot roofs
Both datasheets give a power temperature coefficient of −0.26% per °C, so output drops less as the roof heats up.
Glass on both sides
2 mm of semi-tempered glass front and back, rated for 5,400 Pa on the front and tested with 25 mm hail at 23 m/s.
Slow, predictable ageing
AIKO allows at most 1% loss in the first year and 0.35% a year after that, with at least 88.85% of rated output guaranteed at year 30.
High output per panel
24.6% efficiency on the 545 W Neostar and 24.4% on the 660 W Stellar, so fewer panels cover the same load.
The AIKO panels Orilla Solar designs with and installsOne for homes, one for bigger roofs
Both are dual-glass panels with ABC cells. We choose between them after looking at your roof, your bills and where the panels will be seen.
Neostar 3S+60 · 545 W
The panel: AIKO-A545-MCE60Db, a black dual-glass panel with a black anodised frame, 120 ABC cells and 24.6% efficiency.
Size: 1,954 × 1,134 × 30 mm and 27.1 kg.
Warranty: AIKO’s 25-year product and 30-year performance warranty.
See the numbers for this panel ↓
Stellar 3N+72 · 660 W
The panel: AIKO-A660-MDE72Dw, a larger dual-glass panel with 144 ABC cells and 24.4% efficiency.
Size: 2,382 × 1,134 × 30 mm and 32.2 kg, so big roofs and ground mounts need fewer panels for the same power.
Warranty: AIKO’s 15-year product and 30-year performance warranty.
See the numbers for this panel ↓Panel details are from AIKO’s datasheets and can change. Panel artwork: AIKO. We confirm the exact panels in your proposal.
AIKO panels we’ve installed
Real photos from Orilla Solar installations with AIKO panels.
Tell us about your site and we’ll design the right AIKO panel layout from your own usage data.
Compare the two panels
Open a panel for where it fits, the numbers that matter and its datasheet. Your proposal lists the exact equipment for your site.
1Homes and visible roofs · Neostar 3S+60AIKO-A545-MCE60Db · 545 W · black dual-glass panel
Typical sites
Houses, townhouses, estates and small offices, especially roofs that can be seen from the street or garden, where an even black finish matters.
What goes in
Key numbers
- Power
- 545 W (standard test conditions)
- Efficiency
- 24.6%
- Size and weight
- 1,954 × 1,134 × 30 mm · 27.1 kg
- Heat
- −0.26% power per °C
- Cells
- 120 N-type ABC cells
DatasheetNeostar 3S+60
Get a home solar quote2Businesses, farms and large roofs · Stellar 3N+72AIKO-A660-MDE72Dw · 660 W · larger dual-glass panel
Typical sites
Factory, warehouse and packshed roofs, farm ground mounts and other large arrays where more power per panel counts.
What goes in
Key numbers
- Power
- 660 W (standard test conditions)
- Efficiency
- 24.4%
- Size and weight
- 2,382 × 1,134 × 30 mm · 32.2 kg
- Heat
- −0.26% power per °C
- Cells
- 144 N-type ABC cells
DatasheetStellar 3N+72
Get a business solar quote3Built for South African roofsLoad, hail, fire and system ratings · both panels
What both panels share
- Cells: N-type ABC (all back contact), with AIKO’s partial-shading optimisation.
- Glass: dual glass, 2.0 mm coated semi-tempered glass on the front and 2.0 mm semi-tempered glass on the back.
- Junction box: IP68, with 3 bypass diodes and 4 mm² solar cable.
- Power tolerance: 0 to +3%, so each panel is rated at or above its label.
Key numbers
- Static load
- Front 5,400 Pa · back 2,400 Pa
- Hail test
- 25 mm hail at 23 m/s
- Fire rating
- IEC Class A
- System voltage
- Up to 1,500 V DC
- Operating range
- −40 °C to +70 °C
DatasheetsNeostar 3S+60 · Stellar 3N+72
4WarrantyAIKO product warranty and 30-year performance warranty
What AIKO covers
- Neostar 3S+60: 25-year product warranty.
- Stellar 3N+72: 15-year product warranty.
- Performance, both panels: a 30-year linear performance warranty. Output may fall by at most 1% in the first year and 0.35% a year from years 2 to 30, so at least 88.85% of rated output is guaranteed at year 30.
What you need to know
- Whose warranty
- These are AIKO’s manufacturer warranties, under AIKO’s warranty terms.
- Claims
- Orilla Solar handles warranty claims for the systems we install.
- Your proposal
- It lists the exact panels and the warranty that applies to them.
Figures from AIKO’s Neostar 3S+60 (202608 V1.1) and Stellar 3N+72 (202601 V1.1) datasheets, checked November 2026. Power is at standard test conditions (STC).
AIKO, installed properly
Good panels still need the right layout
The panels follow the design, not the other way round
We start with your bills and, where it helps, data logging, so we know your real load profile and what has to stay on in a grid outage. Then we lay out the panels around your roof’s shade, angle and space, and choose the inverter and battery to match.
- CoC sign-off and PV GreenCard accreditation
- Eskom or municipal SSEG registration handled for you
- Our own installation electrician on staff
- Panel layouts planned around shade, roof angle and space
- We take over and maintain existing systems too
Orilla Solar is a 2024 and 2026 Sigenergy installer award recipient. Sigenergy is our primary inverter and battery brand. See our Sigenergy page.
AIKO for every kind of roof
Homes and farmhouses
The black Neostar 3S+60 for house, estate and farmhouse roofs, paired with a Sigenergy or Sungrow hybrid inverter and battery for essentials or whole-home backup.
Businesses and farms
The 660 W Stellar 3N+72 for factory, warehouse and packshed roofs and farm ground mounts, from 50 kW, across Gauteng, Limpopo, North West, Mpumalanga and the Free State.
From your bill to a working AIKO system
- 1
Share your bills
Send recent electricity bills and tell us what must stay on.
- 2
Measure and visit
Data logging where it helps, and a site visit to check the roof, shade and board.
- 3
Design and proposal
The panel layout, inverter and battery, with costs, savings and payback.
- 4
Install and commission
Neat installation, commissioning, CoC and registration.
- 5
Monitor and maintain
We monitor and service every system we install.
AIKO questions, answered
Straight answers on the panels and how we use them.
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See what an AIKO panel system would look like for you
Send us your electricity bills and tell us what you want to keep running. We’ll design the right system and show you what it costs and should save.