The following new features and changes are included:

• New license model user-based licenses. More information:

  https://valentin-software.com/en/support/faq-new-license-model/

• A Sankey diagram is now available for the energy balance.
• Different user/company data can now be stored in the options.
• For *.csv export, you can now specify which data series should be exported.
• “NREL Meteosat” is now available as a new data source for creating your own climate data records.
• Climate data in *.epw (EnergyPlus Weather) file format can now be imported.
• The search in the map tool has been improved.
• The “Cumulative Total Energy Generation” diagram can be included in the project report.
• Validation of PV modules improved.
• The entry in the field “Project Designer” is adopted for newly created projects.
• The entry of the email address in the crash and database user ID window is adopted for all email entry fields.

The following bugs have been fixed:

• Crashes during simulation.
• Improved simulation of battery systems with time-controlled charging and feed-in regulation.
• Error when applying the degradation for all module surfaces.
• Error in the calculation of the degradation for the GEG.
• If no inverter configuration was found, a corresponding message was no longer displayed.
• Crashes in the search field of the map tool.

The following new features and changes are included:

• 3D:
  • The blue pin for setting the height reference is now saved in the project.

The following bugs have been fixed:

• 3D:
  • In some cases, the import of 3D models was no longer possible because the limit for the maximum number of vertices was lowered.
  • Selecting the “Use as terrain model” option resulted in the model no longer being editable.
  • Crash when sketching mounting surfaces on 3D models.
  • Crash when activating sketched mounting surfaces.
  • Sketched mounting surfaces could not be selected directly, which led to a crash.
  • In some cases, sketched mounting surfaces were also displayed on the map section/terrain.
  • The correction of the sketched mounting surfaces via bottom edge was no longer offered.
  • When extruding on map sections, the textures were sometimes not transferred.
  • Composite extrusion led in part to a crash.
  • Modified standard textures could no longer be found after saving and reloading.
  • The editing dialog of the 2D map section was not displayed.
  • The position of the 2D map section could not be changed.
  • The number of PV modules was sometimes not displayed in the status bar, depending on the selected program language.
  • The information “Altitude above sea level” was displayed incompletely in French and Polish.
  • The Example 400 Wp PV module partially protrudes over the roof if the automatic coverage was used.
• Error during PDF export of plans that were much higher than wide.
• Crash during the simulation of projects with several module surfaces if one or more module surfaces had shading values of 100%.
• Crash during the simulation of DC-coupled battery systems.
• After copying and pasting shading or module degradation of module areas, these values were coupled.
• In the system check, green ticks were sometimes displayed even though the short-circuit current was exceeded.
• Crash during PAN file import if the manufacturer could not be found in the database.
• PVGIS could no longer be selected as a climate data source.

The following new features and changes are included:

• 3D:
  • System planning with high-quality orthophotos and elevation data from the Google Solar API.
  • Additional map providers when planning with a map section:
  • Carinthia (Austria).
  • Burgenland (Austria).
  • Austria.
  • Brussels (Belgium).
  • Schleswig-Holstein.
  • Bayernatlas.
  • Usability improvements for planning with map section:
  • When opening the tool, the search field is automatically active.
  • Ctrl+F to activate/return to the search field.
  • Display of search results in a list.
  • Collapsible grouping of the operating elements.
  • Reduction in file size when using the map section (no more duplication of the file and switch from *.png to *.jpg format).
  • For Google maps, the Google logo is now displayed on the map section.
  • Dialogs opened in the 3D visualization of the main program, such as module selection, inverter connection, plans and horizon, remember their position and size.
  • The mesh options, such as “Reduce the number of points of the 3D object” are now accessible via the import dialog.
  • Display of the total power of the selected module surfaces in the 'Define module surfaces' dialog.
  • Display of RAM utilization (with traffic light) in the status bar.
  • Sketched mounting surfaces can be removed directly by right-clicking on the 3D model.
  • “Rectify” of sketched mounting surfaces is now also possible in the terrain view.
• Automatic configuration:
• The evaluation phase has been accelerated.
• When searching for inverters, a distinction is now made between real termination and stop.
• The variation of string lengths with a large number of modules and inverters has been limited to a maximum of plus/minus two.
• EnEV calculations adapted to the new GEG:
• The peak power according to DIN V 18599-9 chapter 7.2.3 is determined from STC power of the modules.
• Degradation after 25 years is considered in accordance with DIN V 18599-9 Chapter 7.2.3.
• In the case of errors in the simulation, a dialog for sending the affected project is now displayed.
• For system types with thermal system, the additional heat source can now be freely selected.
• The translations have been improved.
• New standard PV modules and standard inverters are now used in PV*SOL.

The following bugs have been fixed:

• Partially errors in the calculation of losses due to mismatch/connection of partially shaded half-cell modules with integrated power optimizers.
• In some cases, a change in the dimensioning was necessary for DXF export.
• Partial crash with DC-coupled storage systems in combination with discharge of electric vehicles.
• Partially incorrect assignment of module area screenshots.
• Crash when selecting the inverter manufacturer if the selection of preselected inverters consisted only of favorites that were marked as no longer available.
• For battery systems with a large capacity, it could happen that the end of the boost phase was not reached or was reached too late.

The following new features and changes are included:

• The interface to K2 Base has been extended to include an address, the contact person and the altitude of the location above sea level.
• Updated offline product database.

The following bugs have been fixed:

• 3D:
  • Error when exporting to K2 Base if a project with map import was created in a program version prior to PV*SOL premium 2024 R5.
  • Error when exporting to K2 Base after loading projects with map section where the address of the system was defined in the Project data window.
• Electric vehicle: Label of minimum charging power of the start threshold for the PV surplus was too small.

The following new features and changes are included:

• The starting threshold for the PV surplus can now be set for the minimum charging power required when charging the electric car.
• Definition of the module degradation period extended from a maximum of 30 to 50 years.
• 3D:
  • Collision can now also be deactivated for open areas.
  • Improved RAM usage and performance in the shading calculation of imported 3D models.
  • Performance improvement when loading imported 3D models.
  • Progress bar when preparing the silhouettes for the shade frequency distribution calculation and shading simulation.
  • If irregularities occur during the silhouette extraction of imported 3D models, a message with an error description is displayed.
  • When extruding shed roofs, you can now also enter the height and pitch directly.
  • The "Make it a right-angle" feature has been subdivided:
    • "Make perpendicular (to the longest segment)" - displayed for flat surfaces.
    • "Make rectangular (with regard to occupancy area)" - displayed for inclined surfaces.
  • Beta - New feature in the context menu "Align layer to bottom edge" for imported 3D models (solution for seemingly skewed module rows on 3D models).

The following bugs have been fixed:

• The electric vehicle could not be discharged to cover consumption and could not be charged with any PV surplus even with a sufficient state of charge.
• Minute value synthesis again uses a predefined random number chain (synthesis results reproducible across computers).
• 3D:
  • Sometimes walls, bays, buildings and standard restricted areas were not displayed in the overview plan.
  • Crash when canceling an integration of module row formations with existing frequency distribution.
  • In some cases, the results of the shade frequency distribution were not deleted if relevant shading objects were modified.
  • In some cases, open areas did not have the dimensions that were displayed in the settings window.
  • When enlarging module rows, the collision sometimes did not work.
  • Collision only worked within the next quadrant.
  • When saving or adoptimg the 3D planning, it was not checked whether 3D objects were located far outside the "world".
  • Moving no longer worked in the editing dialog of the modul rows.
  • Error of restricted distances when working with map section and mesh import.
  • Error when extruding a fireproof wall or dormer if an "arbitrary object" was previously extruded as a structure.
  • In some cases, textures of half-cell modules were not displayed correctly.
  • Multiply objects only upwards sometimes caused the program to freeze.
  • Texture when extruding a gable roof was incorrect.
  • The configuration was sometimes not correctly combined if more than one module area per inverter was used.
  • Error in the display of the pv power when marking pv modules.
  • Recalculation of the shade frequency distribution led to increased RAM requirements.
  • Partially incorrect shading calculation due to artifacts when "reducing the vertices".
  • Freezing of the 3D environment when multiplying too many imported 3D models.
  • Bottom edges of polygons that cannot be made rectangular were nevertheless horizontalized in some cases.
  • As soon as a drawn occupancy area was located on a 3D model, there was no longer a mouse-over next to the area.
  • Partial error when deleting drawn occupancy areas on 3D models.
  • Sometimes there were crashes after an aborted 3D map import.
  • Character for right angles with black background corrected.
  • When making a corner right-angled, sometimes no right angle was created.
  • Deleting several objects together sometimes only deleted the first object.
  • Crash of the 3D visualization when multiplying objects if the copies of 3D objects collided and were removed.
  • "Rectifying" drawn areas on flat roofs that were not parallel to the reference edge led to undesirable artifacts.
  • Error when moving elevated module rows.

The following new features and changes are included:

• AC Mains voltage is now set automatically based on the selected country of the climate data record.
• The dialogs for importing *.PAN and *.OND files have been revised.
• The synthesis of minute values has been optimized. Hours with a clear-sky radiation of less than 50 W/m² are no longer considered when classifying the daily weather. Already synthesized minute values of locations are synthesized again.
• Improvements to the Czech translation.

The following bugs have been fixed:

• Crash in Meteosyn when nothing was found during the search.
• Photo Plan: Problems with special characters and encoding.
• Problems when charging electric vehicles through the battery system.
• The characteristic curves were not displayed for projects without shading.

The following new features and changes are included:

• In the simulation, the defined value from the database is now used for the maximum DC power of the MPP tracker of an inverter.
• When the program is started, the local consumption and MeteoSyn databases are automatically checked and, if necessary, repaired.

The following bugs have been fixed:

• Crash in simulation if two DC generator-coupled battery systems with lead-acid batteries were combined with two different PV inverters.
• Crash in simulation when two DC generator-coupled battery systems were connected to different MPP trackers on the same PV inverter.
• Crash in simulation in hourly resolution when DC-coupled lead-acid batteries had to be simulated with 1-minute calculation steps.
• When using SolarEdge inverters, the down regulation on the inverter did not work.
• Partial crash in the simulation of 3D projects with DC-coupled battery systems.
• Crash in simulation when DC-coupled battery systems were discharged with higher power than the maximum PV inverter power and the PV inverter has the same value in the last two efficiency curve points.

The following new features and changes are included:

• SolarEdge design rules for the RWB48 and RWS inverters included.
• By default, the short-circuit current test is no longer performed according to IEC 60364.
• Validation when copying inverters in the database now always checks the presence of the AC nominal voltage.
• Updated specification of user agents for requests to map servers. Some users could not reach the web service for the maps due to the outdated user agents.

The following bugs have been fixed:

• Installation in virtual machines on Apple computers with M1 and M2 processors (ARM64) is now possible.
• Crash when starting PV*SOL premium due to incorrect database configuration (error message: The specified locale is not supported on this operating system. [ LCID = 8192 ]).
• Crash when starting PV*SOL premium due to a corrupt MeteoSyn database (metosyn5.sdf). The MeteoSyn database will now be reset if necessary.
• Photo Plan: Images in 32bit *.png format no longer appear grayed out.
• Battery systems were not listed in the project report.
• Crash during the simulation of DC generator-coupled battery systems.
• Error when determining the valid discharge power of DC-coupled battery systems.
• Check of correct configuration of inverters and DC-coupled battery systems adjusted.
• P10 and P90 values of the annual global radiation sum in MeteoSyn detail view corrected.
• Missing translation for option Time-controlled charging/discharging.

The following new features and changes are included:

• Battery systems:
  • Creating battery system groups.
  • Free assignment of DC-coupled battery systems to different inverters.
  • Time-controlled charging and discharging.
• Revised Photo Plan:
  • Display of half-cell modules.
  • Display of dark backsheets for monocrystalline modules.
  • New photo texture for polycrystalline and monocrystalline modules.
  • Module spacing can be saved as default.
• MeteoSyn:
  • Meteonorm 8.2 with climate data period 2001-2020.
  • Self-created data records can now be deleted in the list view by right-clicking.
  • Temperatures are now displayed in list view with one decimal place.
  • Check climate data in the detail window for unnatural irradiation values at the beginning or end of the day and, if necessary, output in the info area.
  • Logos for the respective climate data providers in the detail window.
  • Improved input of geographical coordinates when creating new locations.
• New load profiles according to VDI 4655 in 1- and 15-minute resolution.
• Configuration rules for SolarEdge Synergy inverters extended.
• Database import of *.ond files for inverters.
• Charging stations for electric vehicles with automatic phase switching (allows 1-phase charging even in a 3-phase grid).
• Project preview on Welcome page.
• Inverter efficiency calculation in the undefined range between 0 and 5 % load logarithmic instead of linear.
• DC-coupled battery systems now better anticipate the power required by consumers, considering the efficiency of the PV inverter.
• When entering PV modules, invalid low-light parameters are better intercepted.
• The start of PV*SOL is prevented if the decimal and digit grouping symbol are identical.
• Check of the maximum short-circuit current of the inverter in accordance with IEC 60364-7-712.
• Dialog for selecting new database entries when opening old projects can now be exited with the Enter key.
• Display of a progress bar when saving projects.
• More detailed error message when importing load profiles that are imported with the "Line per day" option.

The following bugs have been fixed:

• Crash on the results page if the decimal and digit grouping symbol are identical.
• Options dialog: Crash prevented when loading invalid AC grid data.
• Sorting of characteristic curve working points for polystring configuration improved.
• Error in the overlaying of characteristic curves.
• Crash when descriptions in load profiles are too long.
• Projects with 2D roof view that contain a module that differs from the one in the module selection can now be reloaded and edited.
• Check of the entry of valid e-mail addresses in the dialog for sending the DB user ID improved.
• MeteoSyn:
  • Corrected misspelling of locations in default database.
  • When creating locations, the OK button was not selectable under certain circumstances.

The following new features and changes are included:

• When editing configurations with many inverters, the list no longer jumps to the beginning.
• When using DC-coupled battery systems, previously combined configurations in the 3D planning are separated to enable targeted coupling.
• Serbian as project report language.
• Improvement of translations in the Turkish language.

The following bugs have been fixed:

• Crash when loading and displaying the project image when the file is used by another process.
• Crash in project comparison when accessing the clipboard.
• Crash in the updater of the consumption database.
• 3D:
  • Projects that used a very small, non-zoomable 3D object as the last coverable object could no longer be loaded.
  • K2 interface: Here instead of Umpp -> Umax was set.
  • Frequency distribution dialog:
    • The slider for the assignment of the middle color no longer worked.
    • The value for the "real minimum" was set incorrectly.
• Disabled DPI awareness switch in the WPF interface library to minimize problems on high resolution monitors.
• Partial crash when simulating configurations with power optimizers with 2x1 configuration on multiple module surfaces.
• The main window can now be positioned again using the Windows and arrow keys.

The following new features and changes are included:

• MeteoSyn:
  • New dialog with details for the selected site.
• New design rules for the SolarEdge hybrid inverters.
• Validation of self-created PV modules to avoid false entries: Relative efficiency must no longer be greater than 120%.
• In case of crashes due to OneDrive not running, an appropriate message appears.
• 3D:
  • Before deleting all self-created screenshots, a warning message appears.

The following bugs have been fixed:

• Crash when loading and displaying the project image when the file is used by another process.
• Crash in Project Comparison when accessing the clipboard.
• Crash in the updater of the consumption database.
• 3D:
  • Map provider "Switzerland" was no longer available.
  • Projects with 3D models where the module areas were generated automatically crashed when opening the 3D visualization.
  • Crash of the F1 help in the K2 dialog.
  • Error message that K2 systems will be deleted, although none are present.
  • No recalculation of shadow frequency distribution when the module area was adjusted in height.
  • Crashes related to shadow calculation and autosave.
  • Problem with dialogs disappearing in the background (e.g. Edit skylight).
  • When extruding on roofs, the shape was sometimes no longer recognized correctly.
  • Crash when zooming to 3D models without module areas.
  • Rollover for module areas drawn on 3D models did not work in some cases.

The following new features and changes are included:

• Interface to the software K2 Base of the underconstruction manufacturer K2:
  • In 3D planning, projects can be exported from PV*SOL premium to K2 Base.
  • The mounting systems and layout can then be planned in K2 Base and exported back to PV*SOL premium.
  • PV*SOL premium adopts the layout, the mounting system and the parts list from K2 Base.
• The maximum feed-in power clipping can now also be defined via the maximum feed-in power.
• The country of the climate data location is now preselected in the tariff selection dialog.
• In the configuration check, exceeding the maximum DC power at inverter and MPP tracker level now results in a warning.
• New project option: "Allow interconnections despite limit value exceeded".
• The "Cumulative Total Energy generation" diagram is now also available for projects with surplus feed-in.
• 3D:
  • The option "Make at a right angle" for drawn mounting surface polygons now fixes the lower edge of the polygon parallel to the roof surface.
  • The climate data record can now be changed within 5 km of the original location without recalculating the degrees of shading.

The following bugs have been fixed:

• When a new project with shading was saved in the 3D planning, crashes occurred under certain circumstances after exiting the 3D planning (e.g. when using DC-coupled battery systems).
• Projects with power optimizers connected in 1x2 configuration on multiple module surfaces could not be simulated depending on the climate data record.
• Text fields, e.g. on the page “Project Data”, sometimes did not behave correctly when using backspace and delete key if characters were selected.
• Notification email after non-crash error report is now sent out again.
• 3D:
  • Drag and drop of module rows and individual modules from the toolbar was no longer possible on some computers.
  • Checking the number of strings and DC inputs did not work.
  • In projects with modified textures, textures sometimes disappeared after loading.
  • Incorrect module textures when the modules were placed in horizontal direction.
  • When using the "Determine mounting surface automatically" feature, corrupt projects frequently occurred.
  • Correction of the display of PV module labels.
  • Long number strings when automatically naming project screenshots.
  • Scrolling of the viewport was no longer possible when canceling the horizon dialog.
  • Texture error message is suppressed when the ridge was drawn at an angle when extruding.
  • Graphical artifacts when single polygon corners were made rectangular.
  • Crashes when copying PV modules which were configured.

The following new features and changes are included:

• Tool for climate data checking in MeteoSyn. This performs a check of the MeteoSyn database in four phases:
  • Checking the files and database entries for invalid data or data with reduced quality.
  • Search for duplicates in WBV files.
  • Search for duplicates in database entries.
  • Search for imports and updates.
• In MeteoSyn, all relevant information about the selected climate data set is displayed as a tooltip (with the mouse pointer on green, large text at the bottom right of the window).
• In the system check, the restricted range has been renamed to clipping range.
• New SolarEdge configuration rules (maximum difference between shortest and longest string).
• SolarEdge power optimizers now have a fixed efficiency in the bypass, independent of load.
• If a configuration has more parallel strings than DC inputs to the inverter, a message appears.
• If the input current at the MPP tracker is exceeded, then the short circuit current at the MPP tracker is now also checked.
• DC-coupled battery systems can only be connected to inverters from the 3D environment if the number of inverters in the selection list on the Battery system page is set to 1 or the inverters can be calculated together for the yield simulation.

The following bugs have been fixed:

• The name of load profiles could not be edited.
• PV*SOL got stuck after simulation of 3D projects with shading, if simulation was already done and only the shading objects were changed in the project.
• When entering text in some edit fields, the cursor always jumped to the beginning of the edit field.
• Partially, the designation of the module surfaces in the selection drop-down menu in the configuration dialog could no longer be read because the designation was too long. The dialog box has now been widened.
• When using daily load profiles in combination with the input of monthly and annual values, the import of load profiles was previously also active.
• In some cases, projects with corrupt textures could not be opened.
• Crash on Battery Systems page when a large number (>100) of battery systems were selected as favorites and "Select from favorites" was selected in the quick selection.
• Some edit fields were incorrectly set to multiline.
• OpenStreetMap maps were not displayed during map import.
• South Tyrol maps were not displayed during map import.
• Partial crash when simulating.
• In the window Cables the number of DC inputs per inverter was sometimes not presented correctly.
• The parts list was sometimes not displayed correctly.

The following new features and changes are included:

• Note on changed observation period in the cash flow table when loading older projects located outside Germany.
• New Default Climate data record Berlin (1995-2012, DWD TMY3 (Valentin Software)).
• Text fields (e.g. on project data page) now with context menu for copy, paste etc.
• The update display window now informs about the used and available version and shows the current release notes (takes effect from next update).

The following bugs have been fixed:

• Some results (e.g. degree of self-sufficiency) were partly not displayed.
• The start of operation date was partly not updated.
• The assessment period was sometimes no longer modified when editing the financial analysis parameters.
• Tab order in the tariff dialogs was incorrect.

The following new features and changes are included:

• Searching in the consumption database is now possible.
• The example projects "3D Polystring" and "3D Power Optimizer" now contain the tariff Full Feed-in.

The following bugs have been fixed:

• Error in the control of the parallel simulation fixed: In exceptional cases it could happen that the calculation of shading losses takes longer than the yield simulation.
• Text input fields with HighDPI error replaced.
• Error in the configuration check:
  • Exceeding open circuit voltage leads to classification in forbidden area (red X).
  • Short circuit current check corrected if final value of tolerance range is exceeding the short circuit current.
• Crashes when creating project report due to access violations.
• Crash when importing old user-defined load profiles into the consumption database.
• Crash when displaying east-west polystring systems where only the second MPP tracker was logged.
• When not planning in Germany, the cash flow table now no longer displays one year more than the assessment period.
• For heating rods with fixed power levels, certain power levels were not used under certain circumstances.

The following new features and changes are included:

• New climate data for Germany (Valentin Software TMY procedure with DWD data as basis, 1995 – 2012).
• SolarAnywhere as additional climate data provider.
• Revised configuration check:
  • Maximum short circuit current at the inverter and MPP trackers is now considered.
  • Validity states have been revised and a prohibition range has been added if the short-circuit is exceeded.
• Monthly consumption values can be provided with daily load profiles.
• Parallel execution of the two simulation steps for shaded 3D plants.
• Revised Meteosyn interface in the "Generate climate data for new location" dialog.
• Improvement of the location search in Meteosyn.
• Number of maximum tariff periods extended from 12 to 24.
• Conversion of efficiency curves from AC to DC side improved.
• Progress of the yield simulation is now displayed in the PV*SOL program icon in the taskbar.
• Installation: Checkbox to select or deselect desktop icon creation.
• If multiple feed-in tariffs are selected, they are sorted by start date.

The following bugs have been fixed:

• Disappearing windows in 4K monitor setups that caused the program to become unusable.
• Crash when starting PV*SOL in old .NET version (.NET 4.0.30319).
• Installation crashed when using personal folders on network drives. User now receives corresponding message.
• The operating mode for parallel connection of MPP trackers was sometimes not set correctly.
• Error in thermal simulation.
• Climate data locations from Meteonorm with incorrect annual global radiation sum.
• Display of cloud when switching to inverter page if no inverters were in the inverter selection.
• Tab order in the inverter window was corrected.
• When the program language was Turkish, the country names were not displayed in Turkish.
• SolarEdge rule to consider OverPower corrected.
• 3D Visualization:
  • When using the map import tool in 3D, maps were sometimes imported with the wrong scale.
  • 3D visualization could not be opened if textures were missing.