Analyzing Profitability (PV System with Total Power Feed-in to Grid and with Self-Consumption)

Section: Costs

In this section, you can determine the costs for the system planned. You can choose between simplified cost entry and detailed cost entry. After you have completed the cost entry, you can have a quotation generated automatically for the current customer in the detailed cost entry ( > Create quotation).

Simplified costs entry

For a simplified calculation, the following standard values can be entered:

  • Standard costs for the PV system in Euros/kWp

  • Standard costs for the storage system in Euros/kWp

  • Other costs as standard amount

  • Standard annual fixed costs as a proportion of capital expenditure

Procedure:

  1. Click on [Simplified costs entry].
  2. If you want to continue calculating the project with a fixed price, click on the option Fixed price. This means that no entries are necessary for the various components.
  3. Enter standard costs for PV system, storage system, other costs fixed costs.
  4. To include a financing model in the calculation, click on [Add financing model] and make the necessary entries. The entries defined under My Sunny Design > Settings > Profitability are used as templates ( > Settings).

Detailed costs entry

For the detailed calculation of the project, you can enter the following costs for each project:

  • Specific costs for PV modules

  • Specific costs for inverters

  • Specific costs for storage system

  • Use templates for regular costs

  • Other costs, broken down by individual cost units as required

  • Standard annual fixed costs as a proportion of capital expenditure

No price management is available for energy management products. You can make default settings for the cost structure in the menu My Sunny Design > Own cost items and templates.

Procedure:

  1. Click on [Detailed cost entry].
  2. To use already defined templates, click on [Select template] and select the the respective template from the list.
  3. Enter specific costs for PV modules, inverters, storage system, other costs and fixed costs.
  4. To create a new position, select [New position].
  5. Make the respective entries for the cost item.
  6. Select the category under which the costs should be listed in the cost entry.
  7. If you want to save the cost item as default and use it for other projects, select the option Default setting for projects. This cost item is now stored in the user-defined cost items and can be used in the templates ( > Creating and Managing Own Cost Items and Templates).
  8. To include a financing model in the calculation, click on [Add financing model] and make the necessary entries. The entries defined under My Sunny Design > Settings > Profitability are used as templates ( > Settings).

Section: Results

In this section, the electricity purchase costs and the feed-in tariff can be adjusted for the current project. To make default settings regarding the feed-in tariff, electricity purchase costs and financing model, go to My Sunny Design > Settings > Profitability and My Sunny Design > Settings > Tariff information.

Procedure:

  1. To adjust entries in terms of financing conditions, click on [Settings]. This button can be found in the upper part of the dialog.
  2. To adjust the electricity purchase price used and the feed-in tariff to the actual tariffs, click on [Edit tariff].
  3. To change the view of the first diagram, click on [Savings] or [Cumulative savings].

Section: Next steps

  1. Click on [Results overview] ( > Overview of Results).
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