OpenSolar Release Notes - Mid September 2019

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Studio Simplification

• User interface refactor.
• Multiple design modes
  • Basic: Ease of just laying out panels and entering price. 
  • Advanced: Things that matter and more. 
• Search and select components from the OpenSolar database directly in Studio.
• Configure solar export limit.

CEC Compliance (Australia)

• Extra disclaimer fields and moved disclaimers to relevant section in the PDF.  
• Updated default disclaimers in new proposals templates to include CEC compliance requirements.
• Labels for average daily energy generation on the system performance graph. 
• Ability to add proposal validity date for each project.
• Placeholder for financial discount rate, validity date and LCOE in WYSIWYG.

Advanced Loan and PPA Payment Option ^(BETA)

• Create complex loan structures.
  • Multiple loan terms with Weekly, fortnightly or monthly payment frequency.
  • Bullet/balloon payment
  • Support for delayed down payment
• Power Purchase Agreement payment option is now available. 

Post-Sale Cost modelling ^(BETA)

• Create  payment schedules for other components.
  
  • Add component maintenance/replacement cost either weekly/fortnightly/monthly or once-off.
  • Create weekly/fortnightly/monthly payments for monitoring equipment, broadband, etc. 
  • Add loan rebates including Victorian Solar Home Loan.  
• Effects cumulative and annual cash flow.  

Others

• UtilityAPI integration (US only).
• Security improvements.
• Fixed PDF font styling.