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Writeshop Solar PV Costing

Solar PV Materials Costing Calculator

A full-width Writeshop Solar costing dashboard for generating editable BOM, material quantities, and cost estimates for grid-tie, off-grid, hybrid, and hybrid solar pump projects.

Data Source Writeshop Solar Database
Output Editable BOM + CSV
Workflow Saved Browser Values

Project Input

Used as the project reference in the estimate, print BOM, and CSV export.
Identifies the electrical service type for inverter/protection reference.
Determines inverter, protection, batteries, and balance-of-system materials.
Galvanized roof uses L-foot. Slab roof uses concrete ballast.
Input required capacity in kW. The calculator will select the nearest higher available inverter capacity.
DC Breaker and DC SPD quantity will follow this value.
New estimates and item selections will prioritize the selected supplier.
Loading materials from Google Sheets...
Note: After generating the Writeshop Solar estimate, every BOM row can be edited. You can override quantity, unit cost, remove any material, or manually select a replacement item from the same Google Sheets tab. Values are saved locally and restored after browser reload/reopen unless Reset is clicked.

Add Content Data to Google Sheet

This form sends one new material record using the standard column headers: brand | model | supplier | capacity | spec | cost | remarks. Your Apps Script must support POST requests with action=addMaterial to append data into the selected tab.