Other solar Calculators
Electrical calculators
There are many free solar tools to help the design of solar systems :voltage drop calculator, sun position applications, R&D softwares...
Calculator and relationship between slope, pitch, gradient, rise, run length and tilted length of a roof or solar photovoltaic panels
Free online calculator of the slope according to measurement of a roof or solar panels
- Details
Read more: Slope, pitch, gradient of a roof or solar panels (calculator and formula)
Free online calculator to compute voltage drop and energy losses in a wire
Losses in solar PV wires must be limited, DC losses in strings of solar panels, and AC losses at the output of inverters. A way to limit these losses is to minimize the voltage drop in cables. A drop voltage less than 1% is suitable and in any case it must not exceed 3%.
Save electricity : this free online calculator gives the AC and DC Power, Voltage Drop, wire energy losses, resistive heating, for three phase and single phase wiring.
- Details
Financial analysis of PV systems
Sun position calculation,sun time and others
List of PV softwares to compute sun position, sun time and others parameters about sun path.
Scientific PV softwares
This section provides various links to R&D softwares, tools or simulators, dedicated to a specific scientific aspect of photovoltaic.
Solar photovoltaic applications for smartphone and tablet : PV apps
Solar PV applications for smartphone: android, iphone, tablets.
Solar PV forecasting
This section provides various tools to forecast PV production anywhere in the world.
A PV forecasting tool is needed to estimate the available PV resources for the day(s) after. Most of the developed solutions use weather forecasts supplied by specialized providers.
Forecasting services mainly apply to utility scale solar photovoltaic systems.
