New PV panels

[ghassem]

How do we include solar panels available on the market in the program?

[Lazare Fesnien]

We update the database using the requests of the manufacturers, and publish it with each new release of PVsyst.

We can't of course follow all the new products of all manufacturers in the world.  We don't want to include data without the acknowledgement of the manufacturer.

Nevertheless you can easily create your own components by yourself.

The easiest way is to choose a similar existing device in the database, modify its parameters according to the manufacturer's datasheets, and save it under a new name, therefore creating a new file in your database.

You have a tutorial for that on youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/PVsystTutos,   page  Component database

[SunnyMan]

Hi everyone, I use PVsyst in my work and often face the issue of missing solar panels and inverters in the database. It mainly contains outdated models—for example, Swiss Solar. Every time, I have to request a PAN file from the manufacturer or manually enter the technical specifications. However, when I input the data manually, I have doubts about the accuracy of the calculations. As a result, we lose time. Is there a way to automatically update this data?

[Lazare Fesnien]

We do not update "automatically" because each component of our database is controlled

[obulshteyn]

I am working on a PV system project that requires BABA-compliant PV modules, inverters, and BESS to be specified: Build America, Buy America (BABA)-Compliant Solar Manufactured Products | Department of Energy

Can you create an option in PVsyst to display only BABA-compliant solar products? Alternatively, can PVsyst developers monitor this list and add the BABA-compliant solar products to the PVsyst database?

[André Mermoud]

PVsyst is a worldwide distributed software. We obviously cannot include such national or local requirements, especially like this one which seems to be very  evolutive.

Moreover, we don’t want to take any responsibilities regarding such national administrative rules.