Plant Configuration

This section describes how to modify plant information and how to set the tariff.

Modifying plant information

This section describes how to edit basic plant information.

Prerequisites

The user has the permission of editing plant information.

Procedure

1.Click “Plant configuration”-> “Plant” to enter the corresponding interface.

2.Fill in the basic plant information.

Parameter Description
Plant name* User self-defined name
Owner’s email The e-mail address of the end user, used for receiving fault and alarm notification messages.
Power installed* Plant installed power
Click “Setting” and a setting window pops up.
Click to enter the power value, in kWp.
Click “Confirm”.
Plant type* It can be set to “Utility”, “Commercial PV”, “Residential (PV)”, “Residential (Storage)”, and “Microgrid” according to the application scenario.
Grid-connection type It can be set to “100% Feed-in”, “Self-consumption”, “Zero Export”, or “Off-grid”.
Location The system automatically obtains the longitude, latitude and detailed address of the plant.
Users can manually modify longitude, latitude, and detailed address of the plant.
Image Click “Image upload” to select a local image and upload it.
Country (region) Country (region) where the plant is located at.
Time zone Time zone of the plant
Time of connection Time at which iSolarCloud starts to monitor the plant
Grid-connection date It is the time of creating the plant by default.
Click the icon to modify the grid-connection time.
Plant delivery address and zip Delivery address and zip code for spare parts
Distributor/installer organization code -

Note: * indicates fields that must be filled in.

3.Click “Save”.

Tariff

The tariff is used to calculate revenue.

This section describes how to set a specified tariff and TOU tariff.

Prerequisites

The user has the permission of setting the tariff.

Procedure

1.Click “Plant configuration”-> “Tariff” to enter the corresponding interface.

2.Set the tariff to a specific value or set the TOU tariff.

Click the icon to delete the corresponding setting item.

TOU tariff should cover 24 hours and be different in each time segment.