Understand multi-plane results, reports and exports
A multi-plane study retains results for each plane and calculates a balance for the whole installation. Before comparing figures, check the plane name or the whole-installation label and the displayed unit.
Individual and shared data
Section titled “Individual and shared data”| Per plane | Whole installation |
|---|---|
| Orientation, tilt, power, area and module layout | Total power and total production |
| Associated survey, horizon profile and any height simulation | Site consumption and consumption profile |
| Irradiation, solar access and plane production | Battery, self-consumption, costs and overall economics |
Planes sharing a survey can have different results because orientation, tilt and power affect the calculation. No average orientation replaces the individual orientations.
Where to read results
Section titled “Where to read results”On mobile, Overview presents the installation and its planes. Energy provides the installation summary and plane details.
In the portal, the selected plane’s Energy section gives its individual results. The project’s separate Energy section, available in the navigation bar, shows totals, the monthly chart and the plane table. Overall production is not the production of the selected plane alone.
Add the right quantities
Section titled “Add the right quantities”Total power in kWp is the sum of plane powers. Total production in kWh is the sum of plane productions for the same month or year. Illustrative example: 3,000 kWh/year on one plane and 2,000 on another give 5,000 kWh/year for the installation, before any displayed rounding differences.
Specific yield, in kWh/kWp, is total production divided by total power. Do not add the individual specific yields. Overall solar access is not a simple average of percentages: plane powers and irradiations determine the weighting.
For self-consumption, plane productions are combined at the same hourly time step before comparison with one site demand and one battery. Do not add plane self-consumption rates or enter annual site consumption several times. East and west roofs can change the production distribution throughout the day; their annual total alone does not describe this effect.
A manually entered overall cost remains an installation cost. Review it after adding or removing a plane. Results remain estimates dependent on surveys, assumptions and weather data.
Missing or pending results
Section titled “Missing or pending results”Complete every flagged plane before requesting a full calculation. A saved draft can still have no analysis. If one plane cannot be calculated, do not interpret a partial result as the installation total. In the portal, totals are also hidden while plane changes are unsaved.
V3 PDF report
Section titled “V3 PDF report”A multi-plane report presents the installation summary, plane results and associated surveys according to the selected sections and available data. Maps and coordinates identify survey points and the planes concerned. Identical horizon profiles and shared-survey photos are not repeated unnecessarily. Self-consumption and economics appear once for the installation.
In multi-plane reports, the horizon-profile curve and solar diagram appear side by side. Single-plane report presentation remains unchanged. Page count depends on content, not just the number of planes.
Exports
Section titled “Exports”Multi-plane horizon exports are grouped into an archive with a folder per plane. Check the folder name before importing into another application. One plane’s files do not describe every plane. The PDF and site-visit photos concern the whole project.
The portal hourly export includes an installation summary and, depending on selected options, plane-specific production, weather and solar geometry. Overall hourly data combine production before the common consumption and battery calculation. One plane’s weather data should not automatically replace every other plane’s data.
An export is not a complete reimportable project backup. Check the included files and up-to-date analysis before delivering them.
See Planes on mobile, Planes in the portal, Prepare the PDF and Export hourly data.