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

€4.56k / year

The Curtailer pays for itself in less than 1 month.

~601 full load hours are produced after curtailment.

Based on:

Country
Netherlands
Simulation window
Rolling year
System size
620 kWp
Orientation
East
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 555.12 MWh 372.69 MWh 182.43 MWh (33%)

Results per month

Month Days Net revenue without curtailer Net revenue with curtailer Curtailed of produced
August 2025 10 €694.84 €795.86 7.48 MWh of 20.87 MWh
September 2025 30 €1.52k €1.84k 18.44 MWh of 48.11 MWh
October 2025 31 €1.27k €1.32k 3.47 MWh of 23.03 MWh
November 2025 30 €996.36 €996.36 14.6 kWh of 12.74 MWh
December 2025 31 €640.41 €640.42 1.1 kWh of 8.88 MWh
January 2026 31 €1.11k €1.11k 3.1 kWh of 11.62 MWh
February 2026 28 €1.33k €1.34k 847.2 kWh of 19.24 MWh
March 2026 31 €1.97k €2.14k 13.67 MWh of 47.02 MWh
April 2026 30 €1.21k €2.87k 36.28 MWh of 74.07 MWh
May 2026 31 €2.09k €3.31k 34.83 MWh of 77.73 MWh
June 2026 30 €4.05k €4.38k 18.98 MWh of 75.68 MWh
July 2026 31 €3.86k €4.32k 31.36 MWh of 82.24 MWh
August 2026 21 €3.52k €3.77k 17.04 MWh of 53.89 MWh
Total 365 €24.26k €28.82k 182.43 MWh of 555.12 MWh

Assumptions

Weather station used
De Bilt
Estimated system size
620.00 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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