Renvu

PV*SOL® Expert leads you in a few easy steps to your target. First, you select one or more PV array buildings from a collection of common building types and sizes as required. Dormers, bay windows, walls, saw tooth roofs, and projecting roofs can also be covered with PV modules. It is possible to model the available roof area with millimeter precision by entering measurements for the roof overhang and restricted areas. You then simply enter the objects that could cause shade – buildings, trees walls, masts, etc. – and size them. Objects in the distance can be taken account of as a horizon line.

When the dimensioning of the PV array building is complete, in the next step you can position and scale restricted areas and other shading objects on the roof, such as windows, chimneys, dormers, fire walls, satellite dishes, etc.

The coverage of roof area with the maximum possible number of modules is carried out automatically or manually by selecting the coverable areas. Where required, PV*SOL® Expert can promptly display the annual reduction in irradiation (direct and diffuse radiation) for every point on the PV area and every module. In this way, you can make a more informed decision as to whether a module is viable or not at this position.

The modules selected by the user are then configured together with the inverters. The program automatically configures the individual strings, but the user is able to optimize the allocation depending on the shading situation.

PV*SOL® Expert offers an excellent side menu with a tree structure showing inverter configuration and associated functions. By clicking on an element in the structure, the selected part of the system configuration is highlighted and the camera zooms in on it. The side menu can be hidden as required.

A wide range of animation tools are available to the user when working with the software, so that each shade scenario can be visualized at any point in time

Yield Simulation

A yield simulation is now available in PV*SOL® Expert’s technical dialog, taking into account the influence of bypass diodes and the partial hourly shading of each module.

• Simulation of shading in 10 minute intervals
• Yield simulation takes account of the precise shading ratio for each module
• Easy to use configuration of modules with inverters
• Automatic and manual PV module roof coverage, taking account of restricted areas
• Animated visualization of the course of shade for any point in time
• Visualization of the annual direct irradiation reduction for each point of the PV area
• Mounted systems can be planned in 3D mode - even on the ground
• Adaptation of the system to the roof architecture
• Optimization of row distances and installation angle
• Configuration across rows
• Joint configuration of multiple PV areas
• Manual configuration in 3D visualization
• Optimization of PV module coverage and configuration corresponding to the shading situation
• Multiple buildings and dormers can be covered with PV modules
• Saw tooth roofs can be visualized and covered with PV modules
• Reactive power supply

The integrated photo dimensioning program Photo Plan is a visualization tool to quickly and easily create your customer’s roof. With a photo and a reference dimension, the roof and the planned PV system can be presented photorealistically. The program can also determine all essential roof dimensions. You only need a few minutes to create your customer’s roof with its very own PV system, according to your customer’s wishes. Photo Plan is therefore a great tool to help home owners make the right decision!

In the extensive module and inverter databases, you will currently find data for around 7,600 modules and 1,700 inverters which are continuously updated and extended by the automatic update function. The data are updated online by the module and inverter manufacturers. We then check the data and make it available to you at regular intervals, ensuring that you are always up to date.

The integrated MeteoSyn tool provides you with climate data records from 8,000 weather stations around the world and can interpolate climate data for any location from them.

You can enter detailed costs for the modules, inverters, or mounting in PV*SOL® Expert. Loans, discounts, depreciation, and tax payments, as well as the month that the system goes into operation, are all taken account of. Various feed-in tariffs and bands for systems on roofs, building facades, and ground-mounted systems can be saved and amended. PV*SOL® Expert determines not just the capital value, but also the electricity production costs and the amortization period according to VDI Guideline 2067 (VDI: Association of German Engineers).

The user can also:

• Enter the annual degradation
• Create a balance of costs by entering individual positions and different periods of use
• Use pre-defined tariffs for Germany and Spain
• Enter and save other tariffs
• Print out the results with a wide range of graphics and tables

PV*SOL® Expert provides a one-page and/or detailed exportable report for your customers. The project report includes the following information:

• Projected specific annual yield
• Final yield
• Performance ratio
• System efficiency
• PV generator efficiency
• Solar fraction
• Energy and other values
• Economic efficiency calculation

For a professional customer presentation, PV*SOL® Expert allows you to easily integrate individually labeled 3D screenshots from your project into the detailed project report. 

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