enter your city、capacity and consumption/feed-in tariff,estimate annual generation of a home rooftop PV system、annual revenue and payback years。free、no registration required。
annual generation = installed capacity(kW) × city annual utilization hours(kWh/kWp·year,already includes system efficiency derate)。self-consumption revenue = generation × self-consumption ratio × self-use tariff;electricity sales revenue = generation × feed-in ratio × feed-in tariff。the sum of both plus subsidies is the annual revenue,divide total investment by annual revenue to get the payback period。
about the parameters:annual utilization hours already imply about 80% system efficiency and shading derate;the feed-in tariff references local coal benchmark prices/benchmark grid-parity price(about 0.35–0.45 yuan/kWh);system unit price 2025–2026 home PV typically 3–4 yuan/W。this tool estimates by first-year generation,not including module degradation of about 0.5% degradation,long-term returns will be slightly lower。
when the payback falls within 6–8 year within、and plans self-consumption 10 for over N years,home PV usually has good economics;higher self-consumption ratio is more cost-effective(saved electricity cost exceeds sold electricity price)。grid-connection policy、roof ownership and local subsidies vary widely,results are for investment estimation reference only,please defer to local utility and installer quotes。