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Why is the Federal ITC amount less than the ITC's percentage of the gross price?
The reason that your Federal ITC amount could be less than ITC's percentage of the gross customer price is that the tax credit basis has been modified by other incentives.…
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Why is there no value for Internal Rate of Return (IRR) in Analysis?
If SolarNexus displays no value for the internal rate of return (or IRR) of a solution's finance scenario in the Analysis, its because there is no upfront investment of capital being made,…
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What is Discount Rate?
Discount rate is a fundamental assumption in investment analysis. SolarNexus uses the input discount rate in its calculations of investment metrics, such as IRR, NPV,…
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How do I configure the default incentives for storage systems?
As of 2018, most PV-coupled residential storage systems installed in the US are eligible for the Federal ITC, so you will likely want to set up SolarNexus to apply the Federal ITC to residential…
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How to Consider PV Production Losses from Snow Coverage?
When installing PV systems in areas that get snowfall, you should consider snow as a source of PV production losses. These losses can be significant during the winter months.…
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How do I model the boost from bifacial modules?
SolarNexus doesn't currently offer an automated way to calculate the boost from bifacial panels; this is something you'll need to estimate using a formula or tool provided by the manufacturer,…
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Why are SolarNexus PV estimates different from PVWatts / CSI EPBB calculator?
2016-05 Update: SolarNexus no longer uses Clean Power Estimator's "PV Simulator." All PV simulations are run using PVWatts. There are no longer differences between SolarNexus and PVWatts simulations.…
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Why does the PV Output graph show odd data for certain months?
Occasionally, customers run across anomalous PV production patterns in an analysis, where one or two months show significantly lower production than expected.…
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How does SolarNexus estimate PV production?
SolarNexus integrates NREL's PVWatts (pvwatts.nrel.gov) for PV system production estimates. You can verify SolarNexus production estimates with PVWatts output,…
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Can I import PV production estimates from external tools like PV Syst?
Presently, no. However, you can make SolarNexus reflect nearly the same production values by adjusting the SolarNexus' production estimate using the following process...…
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What is the proper format for entering latitude/longitude when the site address can't be found?
When the site address can't be found in the SolarNexus address database and you check the "Manually enter latitude/longitude" checkbox, you should enter the latitude/longitude like this: Latitude: 38.…
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My arrays appear to have shifted in the image, how to fix?
The good news is that your arrays have not actually shifted. The bad news is that sometimes aerial image providers find errors in their imagery coordinates and when they fix it,…
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Solution Pricing - Cost Item Method
Pricing your customer solutions properly is one of the most important aspects of operating a profitable contracting business. SolarNexus provides two basic approaches for pricing your solutions:…
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About Loan / Dealer Fees
Loan fees are not added until the Analysis is run. Loan fees are tacked on to your solution's retail price defined on the Price screen. SolarNexus excludes loan fees from the rest of the pricing…
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Creating Leads
SolarNexus can act as your lead management database. A lead includes a customer. The customer is an individual or organization (business, non-profit, government) that is interested in purchasing…
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Labels
Labels are used to track data at the project level that are not otherwise tracked in SolarNexus. They are also meant to be a way of tagging special circumstances that may arise on projects.…
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Managing Job Status with Milestones
This article covers how to use the Status section of the Management Panel on the right side of the Project Workspace to manage the current status information of your jobs (leads/projects/work orders)…
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Pricing a Solution
Each solution has a customer Price. The solution template selected when you create the solution determines the pricing method used (Gross Price Input or Cost Items).…
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Incentive Filings
SolarNexus provides a set of features for managing your incentive filings. These features include: Listing incentive programs for which each individual project qualifies (Note,…
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Revising a Sold Solution and Processing Change Orders
SolarNexus places proposed and sold solutions into a read only mode to ensure that SolarNexus doesn't get out of sync with the work that you've committed to provide to your customers.…
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Site Surveys
The Site tab for a project is meant to contain information about an existing project site. All information on the Site tab is optional. However, with a set of detailed site data,…
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Auto-Fill PDF Forms
Typically after the sale of a new project, your team will be charged with completing a variety of administrative paperwork. In the case of PV and energy storage,…
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Ordering Plansets
This article describes how to create and manage Orders for plansets on the SolarNexus platform. For information on how to create and manage RFQs or POs that you send to Suppliers outside the…
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Managing Procurement (RFQs and POs)
This article describes creation and management of requests for quotation (RFQs) and purchase orders (POs) from Suppliers outside the SolarNexus platform.…
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Utility Bill Calculation Details
Overview SolarNexus partners with Genability to provide its utility bill calculations. Genability maintains the most comprehensive and accurate database of electric utilities and rate information in…