Simulate your mounted systems on roofs in 3D: PV*SOL Expert in the new Version 5.0 R1
30. May 2011
Following new features are available:
- Planning of mounted systems in the 3D visualization:
- The PV*SOL standard mounting system is fully editable, independently from the statics.
- Automatic coverage and adjustment of the mounted system to the roof architecture.
- Individual rows are fully editable and can be added or removed in groups.
- Module rows can be connected together and thus considered as a single sub-array.
- Animation of inter-row shading.
- Parallel calculation and visualization of the shade frequency distribution for all module rows and their consideration in the yield simulation.
- Integration of MeteoSyn in a new version:
- The climate database now contains over 8,000 records.
- Climate data can now only be selected in MeteoSyn.
- Climate data can be selected by an interactive map (Internet connection required) or by list.
- New climate data can be created by interpolation of existing climate data.
- Extension of the British and Italian Feed-in payment model in the economic efficiency calculation:
- Considering of an inflation factor for the Feed-in payment is now possible.
- Period of validity for tariff can be defined
- The maximum power input of the individual MPP tracker is now considered in the system check.
- Display of special design rules when an SMA Sunny Tripower inverter is selected.
Test the demo version of the new PV*SOL Expert 5.0 yourself - you can download it free of charge under Downloads.
Customers who are already using a previous version of PV*SOL Expert can purchase an update in order to move up to the new version. The update prices are listed on our order form Updates/Upgrades.


