Determining costs with detailed cost entries


Enter the following values to obtain a detailed calculation:

  • 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

Information: 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.

Requirement:

  • You must have opened a project and planned it up to the page Analyze Profitability.

Procedure:

  1. In the Costs area, click on the button [Detailed costs entry].
  2. To use already defined templates, click on [Select template] and select the respective template from the list.
  3. Enter specific costs for PV modules, inverters, storage system, other costs and fixed costs.
  4. To add a product description, select in the line of the respective product and enter the relevant text in the Product description dialog box. The product description is displayed in offers.
  5. To create a new position, select [New position].
  6. The Cost item dialog box will open.
  7. Make the respective entries for the cost item.
  8. Select the category under which the costs should be listed in the cost entry.
  9. If you want to save the cost item as default and use it for other projects, enable 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.
  10. Click on [OK] to save the new cost item.
  11. 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 will be used as templates.
  • In the Results area, you can view the results of the efficiency of the system.