Which PV*SOL is for me?

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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 2025	PV*SOL 2025
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 > 26,447+ PV modules, 7,447+ inverters, 5,201+ 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 2025	PV*SOL 2025
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 8.2 to 2020	•	•
Main process 64bit	•	•
Automatic configuration of SolarEdge products	•	•
Direct import of PVGIS horizon lines	•	•
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	•	•
Automatic DC array cabling	•
Design 3D systems up to 7,500 modules mounted, 10,000 roof-parallel	•

3D Design	PV*SOL premium 2025	PV*SOL 2025
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	•
Google 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	•
Snow and wind strucutural loads in K2 base	•
Google Solar API	•

Results	PV*SOL premium 2025	PV*SOL 2025
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	•

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