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Solar Design Tools for Commercial & Industrial Solar Professionals
Pro Tools Collection
Pro Tools is the advanced analysis toolkit inside SolarPlus for serious commercial and high value residential projects. It layers high resolution shade analysis, annual exposure mapping, battery sizing optimisation and peak shaving models over the SolarPlus performance engine so you can present defensible energy and financial outcomes for every proposal.
High-performance tools for C&I Solar Professionals
High resolution solar shade analysis
Physics based shade engine for complex sites
High confidence performance on shaded roofs
The Solar Shade Analysis tool runs high resolution, physics based (GPU accelerated) ray tracing across your full 3D scene, modelling cell-level shading from terrain, buildings, trees and rooftop obstructions over an entire year. It converts TMY irradiance into realistic loss factors so your performance reports support funding, due diligence and high value commercial design.
Scene built from real geometry
Uses extruded roofs, mapped obstructions and panel surfaces from your SolarPlus 3D model so shade factors match the actual site geometry rather than generic derating assumptions.
Hourly ray tracing over year
Simulates thousands of rays per hour across the typical meteorological year to capture seasonal and daily variation in shading, including diffuse and beam components.
Diode and half-cut aware losses
Accounts for stringing, bypass diodes and half-cut cell layouts to estimate how partial shade turns into current limiting and energy loss at module level.
Configurable horizon and derates
Lets you set horizon shading, minimum shade factors and global derating rules so you can align results with internal standards or engineering guidelines.
Scales to large arrays quickly
Optimised scene representation and sampling keep run times practical even for hundreds or thousands of modules on complex multi roof commercial projects.
Annual solar exposure heatmap & automated panel knockout
See yield potential before panel placement
Faster, better roof utilisation decisions
The Annual Solar Exposure Heatmap visualises relative annual plane of array irradiance across every roof and surface in your 3D model. Bright areas show the strongest exposure, helping you pick the best planes, avoid poor surfaces and guide array placement before committing time to detailed layouts or simulations.
Month hourly POA modelling
Uses month hourly plane of array irradiance projected to the actual tilt and azimuth of each surface for a more accurate picture than flat map layers.
Shading aware surface colouring
Traces surrounding geometry and terrain to include time varying obstructions in the final heatmap, not just orientation and pitch.
Normalised 0 to 100 percent scale
Normalises results so the best surface appears at 100 percent, letting you compare other planes at a glance by relative performance.
Automatic panel knockout based on shading
Remove shaded panels with one click based on the winter unshaded period you choose, making design faster and assisting in optimisation of performance
High-performance battery tools
Smarter sizing, upgrade value and backup insight
Confident battery proposals for every site
High-performance battery tools combine automated sizing, upgrade reporting and outage simulation in one workflow. Quickly identify the right battery size, show clear before and after outcomes, and demonstrate backup autonomy, so customers understand both the financial and resilience benefits of your recommended solution.
Automated optimal battery sizing
Tests a range of battery capacities against tariffs and load to identify the optimal size, plus smaller and larger options to support budget or performance trade-off discussions.
Clear solar only baselines
Compares each battery scenario with solar only or grid only baselines so customers can see how storage improves bills, self consumption and export reliance over a full year.
Before and after bill view
Presents pre-upgrade and post-upgrade annual bill estimates side by side, making it easier to communicate cash flow impact and justify battery investment to finance teams.
Self consumption and export metrics
Highlights changes in self consumed solar, exports and grid imports so you can position batteries as a hedge against tariff changes and falling feed-in rates.
Backup autonomy simulations
Models worst case multi-day periods and user defined outages to show expected hours of autonomy and how the system behaves when the grid is unavailable.
Fast simulation of monthly peak shaving
Determines best peak shaving setpoints per month for best financial outcome, speeding up design scenarios and maximising battery savings across energy and demand.
Proposal ready reporting outputs
Packages key battery metrics and backup insights into structured, client friendly summaries that drop straight into SolarPlus proposal templates for a polished presentation.
Peak shaving and grid charge modelling
Model demand charge savings with confidence
Unlock commercial battery opportunities
Peak Shaving and Grid Charge Modelling simulates how a battery holds reserve, shaves demand peaks and optionally charges from the grid under real tariff rules. It lets you set peak limits, state of charge setpoints, grid charge windows and control battery dispatch so projected savings better match how the system will be controlled in practice.Â
Configurable peak shaving limits
Set kW shaving thresholds or run a simulator to pinpoint monthly variations for maximum benefits.
Dual mode peak shaving optimisation
Maximise energy savings with self-consumption windows while maintaining peak shaving behaviour across other periods to increase savings through peak demand reduction.
Grid charge schedule windows
Add timer based grid charging in cheap periods or curtailment windows to maximise energy arbitrage.
Tariff battery stop settings
Respect rules that block discharge in certain tariff blocks, ensuring your model reflects what is actually allowed by the utility.
Clear operating state logic
User defined CHARGE, SHAVING, DISCHARGE, NONE and BACKUP states, making it easy to explain to clients how the control strategy supports the savings model.
Off-grid and generator modelling
Generator fuel curve and hybrid design at any scale
High accuracy proposals for off-grid designs from kilowatts to multi-megawatt
Off-grid and generator modelling tools extend SolarPlus beyond grid-connected sites to full diesel, solar and hybrid systems. Generator fuel consumption curve modelling up to multi-megawatt scale, combined with detailed load profiles and battery control, lets you compare diesel displacement, hybrid and grid-connect options with confidence in the underlying economics.
Generator fuel consumption curve modelling
Models generator fuel consumption across the full load range, from part load through to multi-megawatt scale, so you can calculate accurate running costs and diesel displacement benefits.
Diesel displacement or grid comparison RoI scenarios
Runs side-by-side scenarios comparing pure diesel or grid connection options, helping you demonstrate payback, LCOE and RoI for the lifetime of return.
Rooftop and ground-mount design options
Supports rooftop arrays, carports and ground-mount layouts in the same project, so you can optimise PV placement for space, shading and structural constraints on off-grid sites.
Charge controller, AC and DC-coupled solutions
Covers charge controller based systems as well as AC and DC-coupled battery configurations, allowing you to mirror the actual hardware architecture proposed by your engineering team.
Load profile builder with seasonal duty cycles
Includes a load profile builder with seasonal variations, duty cycles and surge analysis so you can capture motor starting currents, shiftable loads and variable operating patterns.
Generator start/stop SoC setpoints
Lets you define generator start and stop rules using state-of-charge setpoints, minimum runtime and rest periods, ensuring the model reflects real-world control logic and fuel use.
Monthly generator reporting
Provides monthly generator reports covering runtime, fuel consumption, diesel displacement, emissions reduction and cost savings, ready to drop into proposals or technical appendices.
Don't let business growth be hampered by your software
The success of your business depends on your ability to capture all areas of the solar market by generating impressive, accurate proposals quickly.
With the Pro Tools Collection, your team can deliver accurate proposals faster, take on more complex (and profitable) projects, and optimise system performance—maximising both efficiency and revenue potential.
MORE PRO TOOLS FEATURES
3D map visualisation
Use 3D visualisation in SolarPlus to put clients in the virtual drone seat, flying them around their building and panel layout in a programmed tour. Stunning, realistic views turn complex designs into an easy story, helping you build excitement, trust and higher conversion rates.
Auto-design and stringing for C&I
Auto-design and stringing tools in SolarPlus automate inverter configuration and panel stringing across multiple roof planes, trackers and orientations. C&I designers can move from layout to bankable, standards-aligned designs in minutes, cutting manual checks, reducing errors and freeing time to focus on yield, demand savings and project optimisation.
Solar design export to CAD
Export your SolarPlus commercial designs as DXF files that open directly in CAD, including buildings, panels, trees and obstructions. Bring precise layouts into your site plans for detailed engineering, annotations and drafting without redrawing, keeping design and documentation perfectly aligned.
SolarPlus performance engine
The SolarPlus performance engine combines high resolution irradiance data, advanced solar cell IV curve modelling and detailed tariff logic to simulate solar, storage and smart energy options over the full system lifetime. It produces fast, bankable energy and cash flow forecasts, so you can compare scenarios, prove ROI and justify complex C&I and off grid designs with confidence.
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