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The tables below give a quick overview of the key differences in features between the two PV*SOL programs.
| Content | PV*SOL premium 2024 | PV*SOL 2023 |
| Over 8,000 inlcuded climate locations worldwide | • | • |
| Interactive map for selection of climate data | • | • |
| Creation of new climate locations by interpolation | • | • |
| Add custom climate from own monthly data | • | • |
| Shareable online or offline database | • | • |
| Database > 21,900+ PV modules, 5,500+ inverters, 2,600+ battery systems | • | • |
| Automatic database updates with Software Maintenance Agreements (SMA) | • | • |
| Manually add custom modules and inverters | • | • |
| Grid-connected systems | • | • |
| On-grid battery storage | • | • |
| Multiple groups electric car charging with each day different | • | • |
| Multiple on screen and report languages | • | • |
| Automatic & manual inverter configuration | • | • |
| Off-grid systems with AC generators | • | • |
| Hourly and minute simulations | • | • |
| Import *.PAN module file format | • | • |
| Import *OND inverter file format | • | |
| Adjustable Autosave | • |
| Design | PV*SOL premium 2024 | PV*SOL 2023 |
| Design 2D systems up to 100,000 modules per array | • | • |
| Unlimited 2D sub-arrays | • | • |
| Calculation and losses parameters | • | • |
| Define electricity consumption | • | • |
| Template selection & custom import of consumption load profiles | • | • |
| Proposal of minimum cable sizes according to energy losses | • | • |
| 2D roof visualisation | • | • |
| Specify percentage shading of solar radiation | • | • |
| Customisable 2D horizon | • | • |
| 2D polygon roof shapes | • | • |
| PhotoPlan design of roof | • | • |
| Plan module spacing in 2D | • | • |
| Physical vertical and horizontal trackers | • | • |
| Subdivide strings into Polystrings | • | • |
| Simulation of bifacial modules for mounted PV systems | • | • |
| Simulate DC-DC power optimisers | • | • |
| Installation type Floating PV | • | • |
| Simulation of appliances with surplus PV energy consumption | • | • |
| Integration of DHW and space heating with a thermal profile | • | • |
| Import of sub-year load profiles | • | • |
| Bundled climate file options include PVGIS, Solcast, Meteonorm 8.1 | • | • |
| Main process 64bit | • | • |
| Automatic configuration of SolarEdge products | • | • |
| Direct import of PVGIS horizon lines | • | • |
| Automatic DC array cabling | • | |
| Design 3D systems up to 7,500 modules mounted, 10,000 roof-parallel | • | |
| Define any number of battery systems | • | |
| DC-coupled battery systems freely assigned to the respective PV inverter | • | |
| Time-controlled charging and discharging of grid-connect batteries | • | |
| E-car charging station with automatic phase switching | • |
| 3D Design | PV*SOL premium 2024 | PV*SOL 2023 |
| 3D visualization of buildings and shading objects | • | |
| Rotate land area with objects | • | |
| Drag-and-drop shading objects | • | |
| Animated sun-path | • | |
| Shade frequency distribution | • | |
| Detailed shade analysis for each individual module | • | |
| Rafter and spacing layout | • | |
| Map or floor plan import for 3D layout | • | |
| Custom textures for terrain | • | |
| 3D landscape visualisation | • | |
| 3D polygon buildings | • | |
| Copying of object groups including all structures and configurations | • | |
| Duplication of objects by specifying number and separation | • | |
| Import 3D files such as OBJ, DAE and X | • |
| Results | PV*SOL premium 2024 | PV*SOL 2023 |
| Exportable auto-generated parts list | • | • |
| System check for sizing errors | • | • |
| Yield and Rate-of-Return calculations | • | • |
| Exportable system design (*.SVG, *.PDF, *.PNG) with custom safety devices | • | • |
| Customisable presentation reports for customers | • | • |
| Export hourly or minute results as CSV files | • | • |
| Economic analysis | • | • |
| Customisable load profiles & tariffs | • | • |
| UK adaptation of load profiles & tariffs | • | • |
| Financial calculation includes taxation | • | • |
| Financial calculation includes multiple loans | • | • |
| Exponential, multi-point or linear degradation | • | • |
| Table of cashflow balances | • | • |
| Graphic display of IV and PV characteristics | • | • |
| 3D screenshots of building & array | • | |
| DXF multi-layer exports of 3D layout | • |