How much does a PV Monitoring software cost?

There are different ways to look at the costs of a PV monitoring software. Since some of which vary with the size of your portfolio, we've broken down the main price groups. Solytic is available for 20 cents per kWp per year, starting at a minimum of 60 €. For smaller portfolios, solutions such as powerdoo’s portal are cheaper.

How do household solar monitoring systems work?

Household solar monitoring systems change the abstracts of power generation and consumption into graphics and numbers you can scroll through on an app. Hardware connected to your meter gathers and sends data to a software program. The program translates the information into how much power your solar panels are generating and where it’s going.

Which pyranometer is used to monitor PV panels?

Apogee's SP-230 heated pyranometer was selected to monitor PV panels on Project Loon. SP-110's are integrated as part of a PV monitoring sytem for a PV power generation facility on the roof of the Jin Jeop library in Korea. Studying solar radiation at different angles to determine locations for solar power plants.

Which solar installers offer monitoring software?

There are a few nationwide solar installers that offer monitoring software, but these are mostly re-skinned versions of equipment manufacturer offerings. Other nationwide installers offer web portals with day-after data, but no real-time monitoring. The two that stand apart from the others are SunPower and Tesla.

Does SMA offer a solar monitoring solution?

The solar monitoring solutions from the first two companies offer the same value proposition: module-level monitoring capabilities with a web portal and mobile app for convenient access to your solar production data. SMA does not currently support individual module monitoring, but does offer monitoring through both web and mobile platforms.

Is the PV Monitoring software market a price-quality Labyrinth?

With more than 70 solutions offering different functions and prices, the software market for plant monitoring has become a price-quality labyrinth – especially for C&I assets. To bring about transparency, Solytic has created a compact comparison for PV monitoring software solutions in this segment.