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\"Remote<\/p>\n

Some of you will be aware of — or be users of — Pylon\u2019s solar design and quoting tool: Pylon Observer. This year, the company announced an important new tool as part of Observer – remote solar shading analysis.<\/p>\n

With shading analysis, Pylon Observer users can get a year-round estimate of shading on their proposed solar panel installations, with visualisations of how shadows move around during the day and providing installers projected annual energy yield for their design without an on-site visit.<\/p>\n

SolarQuotes chatted to the Sydney company\u2019s co-founder Nelson Zheng about why Pylon decided to add shading analysis to its capabilities. He told us the aim is to move beyond visiting a site and working from place-in-time snapshots.<\/p>\n

He explained the importance of working out how objects affect an install:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt depends on where something is positioned – if it\u2019s due north of the panels, you\u2019re going to get a pretty big impact in the winter months. Or trees east or west, you\u2019re going to get a summer impact in the later afternoon or early morning.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cYour satellite dish might only affect one or two panels, but the entire string is going to be impacted.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, Zheng said, Pylon decided solar installers would value a tool that let them predict shading of solar panels across a whole year.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of the previous work was primarily focused on past historical shading – it gives you a snapshot of what the shading looked like in a particular month, at a particular time.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSometimes the photo is taken at 4pm, sometimes 8am – that can make it harder to predict what a shadow is going to do at midday.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Pylon

With Pylon, you can now add a tree to an aerial image and see the shade pattern for any day of the year.<\/p><\/div>\n

If you\u2019d like a demonstration of the shading analysis, Pylon lets you test it on five addresses at\u00a0this link<\/a>, with registration.<\/p>\n

Better shading analysis also helps improve regulatory compliance for installers. It enables retailers to provide accurate shading losses in their consumer contracts, which is important under industry codes such as the Clean Energy Council’s Approved Solar Retailer scheme.<\/p>\n

Zheng:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted an easy-to-use, top-down ability to put and place basic 3D objects that are going to represent a roof, a tree, or a telegraph pole – where those objects may be of concern when placing panels. So you can easily drag and drop a few shapes into the scene, and you\u2019re looking after that tree you were worried about.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Users can also work backwards: from an image showing a shadow at a particular time, you can use the shading analysis to determine the height of an object such as a tree or a pole or a neighbouring building.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe shadow\u2019s about x long, I\u2019m going to put in a tree that has the same shadow, so now we know the height of the tree.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cOnce the shapes are in there, you can go to any point in time. Instead of looking at historical images, you can say \u201cthis day this week, I want to see what the shadows are going to do at 11.15 am.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pylon Observer<\/h2>\n

For those not familiar with Pylon Observer, it\u2019s a pay-as-you-go tool that combines CRM1<\/a><\/sup> with design support. As well as the shading analysis discussed here, the tool includes load profiling and battery storage analysis, automated proposal generation, and high-quality aerial imagery.<\/p>\n

The user always works in a two-dimensional top-down view, because Pylon\u2019s customers aren\u2019t design experts, they\u2019re solar installers.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as you take people into a full-on 3D view, it becomes much more confusing and difficult. There\u2019s that depth perception problem that you really don\u2019t want to deal with.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some of you will be aware of — or be users of — Pylon\u2019s solar design and quoting tool: Pylon Observer. 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