What follows are the Top Solar Software and Monitoring Products for 2018. From designing solar arrays to managing O&M, there are a number of product to choose from. Take a look at this year’s innovative products (listed alphabetically by company) within the categories of software and monitoring systems.
See the full list of the 2018 Top Solar Products here.
TrueCapture is an intelligent control system that boosts PV power plant energy from 2 to 6% by continuously optimizing the tracking algorithm of individual rows in response to site features and changing weather conditions. Tested by independent engineers, proven by developers, TrueCapture can calculate ROI by year, month, day, hour or minute.
PQube 3 simultaneously monitors the DC bus voltage and currents, and provides ultra-precise, revenue-grade measurements of AC output. PQube 3 also measures ambient temperature, humidity, barometric pressure and solar irradiance, so you get a complete picture of the efficiency and health of your PV array and inverter.
Leading job management software company, simPRO, added IoT to its repertoire this year. simPRO IoT automates and triggers field service activity alerts for businesses in real-time. The solution improves service delivery, reduces costs and delivers improved customer experiences.
Tigo’s SMART module-level monitoring system manages PV analytics, tracks production, sends alerts, suggests maintenance actions and remotely power-offs modules to eliminate high voltage.
3megawatt develops a secure cloud-based solution for central data management in all stages of the renewable energy asset life cycle. Owners and operators of assets can manage everything from contracts to technical data interchange between their monitoring system providers.
HAP consolidates and automates financial, commercial and technical asset management into a single platform. The centralized data repository of financial data along with an integrated monitoring dashboard allows for seamless and holistic management of your portfolio. With operations, finance, monitoring and reporting tools, we help your business run efficiently and effectively.
ENACT provides a single business platform for solar project management: design, financing and installation and asset management. ENACT’s primary customers are large corporations in retail, hospitality, logistics and industrial segments seeking solar deployment across their real estate portfolio. ENACT also partners with solar project installers and financiers in three countries
Drive is a software service that gives owners and operators of solar power facilities real-time asset performance management applications to maximize the economic performance of solar assets. Drive is a modern cloud-based software platform that can scale to thousands of connected facilities. Drive helps owners reduce LCOE.
PowerHub is an intelligent asset management platform built for commercial and financial management. It’s flexible and customizable, designed for renewable energy professionals to meet their needs, region by region, whatever the energy source. By centralizing and connecting project information, PowerHub unlocks efficiencies, capabilities and insights for better business growth.
Solar-Log Skill, available in the Amazon Skill store, enables Solar-Log WEB Enerest users to monitor their solar plant performance through voice technology. Future functionality means this smart solution can even suggest the best time to run specific appliances based on production forecasts and energy surplus.
The Sense home energy monitor tracks solar production and energy consumption together. With Sense, contractors can develop more accurate proposals that inspire confidence and loyalty. Homeowners can track what’s happening in their home right now in the Sense app, see trends, set goals and make their solar homes more efficient.
Today’s slow process of getting prospects’ utility bill history often leads installers to use only one bill, generating inaccurate usage estimates and thereby inaccurate quotes. Urjanet’s platform automates data acquisition from nearly 1,000 electric utilities nationwide, accelerating sales, enabling a seamless user experience and ensuring accurate proposals for consumers.
Aurora’s cloud-based software enables solar installers to design and sell residential and commercial solar remotely and accurately, saving time and money. The new Aurora reDesigned features a fully 3D design experience, a simplified interface, automatic-stringing functionality and 10-times performance upgrades for multi-megawatt, commercial-scale solar projects.
Folsom Labs is now unveiling HelioScope with Trackers. There is no better way to assess the value of a potential site, including comparing fixed-tilt versus tracker. Trackers are currently in beta with over 200 customers actively using it. Contact the Folsom Labs team to join the beta.
HOMER Grid is a robust tool for economic optimization of hybrid distributed generation systems that can combine grid, PV, storage, wind, CHP and onsite generators, in any combination. HOMER Grid is technology neutral and includes an extensive choice of equipment and tariffs or allows the user to create their own.
Nearmap High Resolution Aerial Imagery captures, manages and delivers the most current location content in the world. The high-resolution, frequently updated aerial imagery is 2.8-in. GSD. Nearmap is delivered through an easy-to-use interface called MapBrowser.
SolarDesignTool.com offers a complete web-based permit package generation tool for residential rooftop PV systems. Specify a system design in as little as fifteen minutes, then download a complete permit package with a single click. It’s $49-85 per permit package, unlimited free revisions and an AHJ acceptance money-back guarantee.
Unirac’s free online software has a new interface which allows designers to import images from Google and Bing maps and layout multiple arrays in a single project. Users can create layouts or seamlessly integrate HelioScope projects into U-Builder, then instantly generate project specific bills of materials and engineering reports.
The PV*SOL premium 2019 design software has additional features for electric vehicles and includes the calculation of bifacial modules. The revised detailed circuit diagram simplifies construction work, 3D models can be imported via an interface and the energy flow diagram represents the overall system, including the battery system and consumers.
Energy Toolbase’s energy storage simulation engine enables users to accurately, objectively and transparently quantify the savings and project economics for any type of behind-the-meter storage project. The ETB Optimizer feature enables users to seek the optimal system size for savings, on both residential and commercial energy storage projects
Sighten offers the most powerful toolset for solar, enabling hundreds of installation companies to close more deals, access financing and streamline operations. Sighten includes best-in-class tools for design, automated shading, financing, proposals, and—most recently—solar+storage and efficiency modeling.
With over 5,000 users, Solargraf is an all-device-friendly, all-in-one solar platform for solar contractors. Leads, roof designs, proposals, financing, permitting, project management tools and much more is included in all packages.