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© Craftboxx

Top products of the week

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A digital planning and documentation app, an inverter for balcony power plants, a solar carport with steel construction and an interface for mounting systems. These are our top products of the week:

© Craftboxx
App

Digital planning and documentation

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With the software from Craftboxx, job planning, time recording and documentation can be digitised quickly and easily. The planner enables quick job planning in the office.

© Enphase

Top products of the week

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A new load-bearing roof hook, ready-to-connect inverter manifolds, a planning software that assembles plans in the cloud and a lot more innovations to be presented at Solar Solutions in Amsterdam. These are our top products of the week:

© Enphase
Planning software

A planning software that assembles plans in the cloud

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The US company Enphase Energy is now making its cloud-based design and quotation software Solargraf available. The software provides installers with system proposals and planning documents for residential and commercial customers.

© Tabtool

Top products of the week

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An app for efficient planning and operation, a power optimiser that switches quickly, a new version of the app for monitoring and a solar powered wildlife and security camera. These are our top products of the week:

© Sungrow
Monitoring

New version of the app for monitoring

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The provider Sungrow is presenting an updated version of its iSolarcloud app. The intelligent management and monitoring system enables comprehensive life cycle management for photovoltaics and home storage systems.

© Tabtool
Planning

App for efficient planning and operation

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The German company Tabtool from is presenting new functions of its cloud software Tabtool PV O&M. The solution supports operations managers and service technicians in the efficient organisation and documentation of maintenance and servicing work.

© Mark Holtzman - West Coast Aerial Photography
DNV

Solcast satellite irradiance data validated bankable

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Solcast, a provider of solar irradiance historical actuals and forecasting for solar energy, achieves a significant milestone as DNV validates its satellite irradiance data as bankable.

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Lithuania

Inion Software with strong growth

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2023 has been the most successful year of the Lithuanian startup Inion Software. The company's sales of solar power plant monitoring and storage management solutions reached a value of more than double that of to 2022 – exceeding the 1 million EUR mark.

© BayWa r.e.
SolarPower Europe

Floating PV Best Practice Guidelines published 

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Floating PV is a growing solar solution. SolarPower Europe have launched the ‘Floating PV Best Practices Guidelines’ to support the growing interest in the technology.

© Trace Software
Planning

New version of the Archelios Pro planning software

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The software manufacturer Trace has introduced the latest version of the Archelios Pro planning software. The last upgrade focused on 3D modelling of the environment.

© Valentin Software

Top products of the week

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Home storage system installed in 15 minutes, a bidirectional EV charger for Europe, a planning software with various features and ready-to-connect inverter manifolds. These are our top products of the week:

© Valentin Software
Planning

A planning software now with new battery options and other features

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Valentin Software has released the 2024 version of its PV*SOL premium planning software. It comes with new battery options, VDI 4655 reference load profiles and the latest climate data.

© Velka Botička
Price development

Modules are becoming cheaper and cheaper

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One man's sorrow is another man's joy: module prices are continuing to fall. This is good for planners and installers. But wholesalers are coming under even greater pressure.

© Amperecloud

Top products of the week

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Demo access for innovative monitoring software, new inverters for balcony systems, ballast trays for a mounting system and Voltsmile now in Greenakku’s portfolio. These are our top products of the week:

© Amperecloud
Software

Demo access for innovative monitoring

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Software provider Amperecloud presents a new live demo for more efficient monitoring and management of solar installations.

© SeaVolt
Belgium

SeaVolt: test platform for offshore PV

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SeaVolt, a consortium of Tractebel, DEME and Jan De Nul, is preparing its first floating solar energy test platform to be erected off the Belgian coast.

© MATTAK AS
Green architecture

The Plus: Pioneering signal from the woods

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A furniture factory with a visionary ecological approach was realized in the Norwegian woods. A large green solar roof is embedded.

© iStock.com/Kamaga / Valentin Software
Intersolar Europe 2023

Valentin presents latest versions of design software for PV and heat pump systems

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In 2023, Valentin Software will once again be present at Intersolar Europe in Munich. From June 14-16, visitors can find out about the latest versions and new features of PV*SOL and GeoT*SOL.

© Baywa r.e.
Planning software

Baywa r.e. founds subsidiary just for its planning software

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Baywa r.e. intends to accelerate the internationalisation of its own solar trade and the planning software Solar Planit by spinning it off as its own subsidiary. The new boss is Steffen Lindemann, who comes from Valentin Software.

© Solar-Log
Monitoring app

A faster way to find power plants and fleets

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The free Enerest To Go app shows production and consumption values of the solar system on the smartphone. If an error is detected by the Solar-Log Web Enerest 4 Portal, the app informs the user.

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Planning tool

Heat pump planning software now with added PV

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The new version of GeoT*SOL 2023 is now available from Valentin Software. This current iteration of the heat pump planner comes with a photovoltaic option and configurable diagrams.

© SolarPower Europe
SolarPower Europe

Solar Best Practices Platform launched

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SolarPower Europe has launched the Solar Best Practices Platform to award quality badges to solar project developers at the Solar Quality Summit Europe conference in Barcelona.

© ETU Software
Planning software

Software for planning and project management

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ETU Software presents several new solutions: The software PV Simulation 3D Plus and the 3D building modelling software Hottcad.

© GP Joule
Solar planning

Planning tool delivers concrete project outline

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GP Joule Connect's Expert planning tool uses AI-based algorithms to translate individual specifications into concrete parameters as well as initial and operating costs. It is also filled with empirical values from the more than 800 projects in the GP Joule network.