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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2015
Solarcity Corporation, San Mateo, CA (US);
Travis Brier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jesse LaRue, San Francisco, CA (US);
SolarCity Corporation, San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for determining an optimum number of PV modules and predicting energy generation for a solar photovoltaic (PV) system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving an address and zip code of a proposed installation site, and displaying an image of the proposed installation site. The method includes receiving an input identifying a mounting plane on the image, displaying the mounting plane, determining an optimum number of PV modules that would fit within the mounting plane, and displaying the optimum number of PV modules on the mounting plane. The method includes sending a request for roof pitch data for neighboring sites within the zip code, receiving the roof pitch data, determining an average roof pitch based on the roof pitch data, and predicting PV generation based on the number of PV modules in the mounting plane and the average roof pitch.