Energy data

Choose Download › Energy. In Download energy, choose the type under Data, review its settings, and click Download.

Energy CSV downloads support Solesca Core, Solesca Pro, and NREL SAM. They are not available for SolarFarmer runs. Select a supported model and review the resulting estimate if you need these files.

Hourly

Hourly exports hourly energy data. Enable One file for the whole design for a combined file. Turn it off for separate field files in a ZIP.

For eligible SAM designs, Use legacy v1 columns provides the older column format. This option is not offered for designs with wired inverter groups.

Check the headers and units in the downloaded file before importing it into another tool.

Lifetime

Set:

• Project lifetime: the number of years in the forecast.
• In operation from: the first operating year.
• Degradation / yr: the annual reduction in output.
• Downtime / yr: the time unavailable each year.

You can set downtime year by year when using Solesca Core or Pro. Review each year’s assumptions before exporting.

P50–P99

P50–P99 provides energy estimates at different exceedance probabilities. These help compare uncertainty assumptions; they do not guarantee the site’s future production.

For the meaning of common results, see Definitions.