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What's new in 2025.10
The following new features and changes are included: - Revised calculation of direct own use of PV energy for DC intermediate circuit-coupled battery systems with time-controlled charging from the grid. - When planning with a DC intermediate circuit-coupled battery system with time-controlled charging and the energy at the inverter input is less than the charge of the DC storage, the Sankey diagram is no longer displayed in the results. This can occur if the DC storage is also charged from the grid. The following bugs have been fixed: - Crash when opening the Results page if a project from the previous version is loaded in which the simulation results were saved. - Error in the display of data series from thermal systems when exporting to a *.csv file.
The following new features and changes are included: - Calculation of annual cash flow in combination with taxes and loans revised. - If a loan is used in the financial analysis, the results now also include the “Accrued Cash Flow (Cash Balance) minus pending loans” diagram. - The “Energy cost trend” diagram can now be selected or deselected for the project report. - The climate data from PVGIS has been updated to SARAH3. The following bugs have been fixed: - Financial Analysis: - In some cases, a heat pump was included in the calculation of savings, even though the system type did not include a heat pump. - In some cases, the charging of the electric car from the battery was not taken into account in the calculation of savings. - Error when loading the already simulated feed-in tariff in the first year when using DC battery systems and the Solar Peak Act calculation. - Off-grid systems: - Error when opening project files. - When the simulation is aborted, only a simple message is displayed instead of the crash window.
2025.8Jul 22, 2025
The following new features and changes are included: - In the simulation with a thermal system, the maximum value for hot water consumption was increased to 1,000,000 kWh. The following bugs have been fixed: - 3D: - Partial crash when opening the 3D visualization if the Mounting surfaces of the 3D models were generated automatically. - Partial crash when opening the 3D visualization if the counting method of the module assignment in the project was incorrect. - Message before crash if imported 3D models cannot be loaded. - Financial analysis: - Date in the last block of the cashflow table if no EEG tariff is used and the observation period is shorter than the remuneration period. - Incorrect calculation of the annual cash flow if the tax option was used. - Circuit diagram: - Circuit diagram was sometimes not displayed correctly when 3D planning was used. - Crash when creating the circuit diagram. - Crash if no investment costs and tariffs have been defined in the financial analysis. - Crash on the inverter window if the power optimizer field was clicked first and then the inverter model field immediately afterwards. - Problems when entering degrees, minutes and seconds of coordinates in the map tool search.
2025.7Jul 10, 2025
The following new features and changes are included: - In the circuit diagram, the DC intermediate-coupled battery systems are now drawn on the DC side of hybrid inverters. - 3D map tool: Direct access to search provider Bing Maps removed. - MeteoSyn: In case of errors during the import of climate data, the possible error is now indicated. The following bugs have been fixed: - 3D: - Error when loading projects with exactly 7 modules on top of each other in a mounting system. - Partially floating modules when using Google Solar API and 3D models at the same time. - Partially incorrect display of half-cell modules. - Photo Plan: - Help could not be accessed with F1. - Missing translation when selecting roof tiles. - Diagram PV energy during observation period did not show the correct observation period for projects located outside Germany. - Partial problems with the diagrams for the economic calculation. - User profiles: The tooltips were “hard coded”. - The parameters "Year", "Month" and "Day" sometimes described a DateTime that could not be displayed. - Automatic configuration search sometimes did not deliver any results for the SMA Tripower Core 2. - In the project report, the minimum system operation period was not displayed if 100% loan capital was used. - Partial error in the cumulative cash flow if a loan was defined. - Error in the calculation of the last block in the cash flow table. …
Other versions
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Frequently asked questions
Is PVSOL premium 2025 free?
PVSOL premium 2025 is proprietary software from Valentin Software GmbH. Check the publisher's license terms for pricing and usage rights.
What is the latest version of PVSOL premium 2025?
The latest version is 2025.10, released on Sep 1, 2025.
Is it safe to download PVSOL premium 2025?
The download button links to the official installer published on downloads.valentin.de, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with b43ed83f0b4d6f0b5a2dc95751ebd38e691a9d283636b20e6d5ae62fe5389833.
Which Windows versions does PVSOL premium 2025 support?
PVSOL premium 2025 runs on Windows and is available for 64-bit (x64) systems.
How do I install PVSOL premium 2025 silently?
Run the offline installer with "setup_pvsolpremium_2025_10.exe" /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-, or install it with Windows Package Manager: winget install --id=ValentinSoftware.PVSOL.Premium.2025 -e --silent.
How do I uninstall PVSOL premium 2025?
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find PVSOL premium 2025 and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=ValentinSoftware.PVSOL.Premium.2025 -e.
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