Device-level curtailment control for solar

Free simulation tool

How much could curtailment be worth on your site?

The Curtailer pauses solar export the moment day-ahead price drops below a threshold you choose - so you stop paying to feed the grid. Pick a price limit to see how often that would have triggered on recent prices, and describe your plant for an estimated euro figure. No account needed.

A curtailer pauses export when the price drops below this limit - it isn't worth feeding power to the grid below it. Defaults to €0.015 (1.5 cents), the price ANWB Energie pays for feed-in* - excluding VAT.

* The price ANWB Energie pays for feed-in, excluding VAT - your own contract's feed-in tariff may differ.

Monthly totals

kWh view: exported generation stacked with curtailed generation (the sum is gross production). EUR view: net revenue without vs. with curtailing, side by side.

Estimated net profit from curtailer

€24.44k / year

The Curtailer pays for itself in less than 1 month.

~714 full load hours are produced after curtailment.

Based on:

Country
Netherlands
Simulation window
Rolling year
System size
2500 kWp
Orientation
South
Price limit
€0.0150/kWh
Learn more: Disclaimer

Rolling year simulates the last 365 days (excluding today, often incomplete). Picking a specific year simulates that full calendar year instead.

Your solar system's nameplate (peak) capacity.

Basic mode assumes one dominant orientation at a typical roof tilt. Switch to advanced mode to describe individual strings with their own azimuth and tilt.

Yearly

Period Gross production Net production Curtailed
Rolling year 2716.45 MWh 1784.64 MWh 931.82 MWh (34%)

Results per month

Month Days Net revenue without curtailer Net revenue with curtailer Curtailed of produced
August 2025 10 €3.01k €3.52k 37.71 MWh of 98.37 MWh
September 2025 30 €7.91k €9.62k 98.77 MWh of 255.67 MWh
October 2025 31 €6.57k €6.85k 20.66 MWh of 126.08 MWh
November 2025 30 €7.38k €7.38k 59.4 kWh of 92.60 MWh
December 2025 31 €4.84k €4.84k 4.4 kWh of 69.56 MWh
January 2026 31 €8.17k €8.17k 13.1 kWh of 86.69 MWh
February 2026 28 €7.29k €7.33k 4.81 MWh of 108.02 MWh
March 2026 31 €11.10k €12.14k 83.20 MWh of 279.50 MWh
April 2026 30 €2.58k €12.15k 202.04 MWh of 371.21 MWh
May 2026 31 €6.84k €13.18k 166.59 MWh of 342.95 MWh
June 2026 30 €16.47k €17.99k 85.16 MWh of 324.10 MWh
July 2026 31 €14.60k €16.82k 152.09 MWh of 366.71 MWh
August 2026 21 €9.07k €10.27k 80.70 MWh of 195.00 MWh
Total 365 €105.84k €130.27k 931.82 MWh of 2716.45 MWh

Assumptions

Weather station used
De Bilt
Estimated system size
2500.00 kWp
Simulation window
rolling year, 365 days with data

All simulations use weather data from De Bilt - the public simulation tool doesn't yet support other locations, so results may differ from your actual site.

Based on real KNMI 10-minute weather (irradiance and temperature) for the station above, and a pvlib/PVWatts solar-position model - not a precision instrument: it uses a simplified (isotropic) sky-diffuse model, a flat system-loss allowance, and no per-module datasheet. Savings and net revenue are both netted against your price limit - as if it were the reference rate you're paid per kWh - so a negative price contributes more than a price just below the limit.

Actual solar generation, curtailment behavior, and revenue depend on your specific installation, module and inverter characteristics, shading, local grid conditions, your energy contract's terms, and future market prices - all of which may differ significantly from the assumptions used here. No rights, guarantees, or contractual commitments can be derived from any figure shown by this tool.

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Interesting days:

On this single day you would have profited €0.00 by curtailing 0.0 kWh of the gross 0.0 kWh production.

Amber shading marks curtailed production - intervals where the price was below your limit.

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