Caneco Electrical


Caneco Electrical

An electrical design software specifically programmed to size photovoltaic installations with self-consumption or re-injection into the grid

Currently available only in France and Spain – Updates for January 2025.

Caneco Electrical
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  • Ergonomic single-line drawing interface for an electrical installation
  • Calculations and sizing of the installation in alternating current and direct current
  • Cable and protection sizing for low voltage and high voltage
  • Selection of protections, photovoltaic panels, and inverters
  • Multi-manufacturer equipment catalog for your installation
  • Compliance verification with electrical standards (NFC 15-100, C15-712, and NF 13-200)
  • Gateway with Caneco BT to design a complex LV installation connected to the main low voltage switchboard (TGBT) of the installation
  • Automatic generation of low voltage, high voltage, and photovoltaic calculation reports

Overview

Caneco Electrical is a cloud-based software suite, available in Caneco Grow and Scale+ versions, dedicated to the design of low voltage (LV), photovoltaic (PV), and high voltage (HV) installations. It enables alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) calculations in compliance with NFC 15-100, C15-712, and NF 13-200 standards.

Read the interview with the France Sales Director and the PV Product Manager about the PV Module by clicking on the following link: Learn more here.

Caneco Electrical Wins 3-Category Award for PV Module: ETAP announces its 2024 Power Technology Excellence Awards for sustainability, R&D, and technology achievements with its solar expansion electrical design module. Learn more here.

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Cloud-based Software

Secure cloud storage (replication & backups), server in Europe, data collection compliant with GDPR and CNIL recommendations. The ability to share a project with colleagues while ensuring you are working on the correct version and controlling access levels through the Project Manager.

New Features

New features are released online every 3 months.

Anticipating Customer Needs

Software development with early adopters and beta testers allows us to anticipate customer needs and ensure that the software meets their requirements.

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Features

  • PV Updates - January 2025
    • General performance optimization
    • Management + Database of IRVE Fast chargers
    • Manual addition of IRVE reference
    • Management + Database of gR and gS fuses
    • Storage: Management of Inverter-Battery Charger. Viewed as a power supply
    • Improvement of circuit breaker selection
    • Management of adjustment steps
    • Database updates
    • Search within the databases
    • Adding circuits from distribution within the diagram
  • PV Updates - October 2024
    • Compliance status for cable and protection sizing
    • EVSE improvement with the addition of a differential switch
    • Limitation class added for certain circuit breaker references (cable section optimization)
    • Added references in the inverter and solar panel database
    • UI/UX improvement for result presentation and PV panel search
  • Upcoming Improvements (end of Q1 2025)
    • gR gS fuse
    • Selectivity by curve
    • Improvement in indirect contact management
    • Limitation and tripping curves
    • UI/UX improvement for diagram input
  • PV Module
    • PV Panels and Inverters Selection
    • Power Optimizers
    • Surge Protection Selection
    • Drawing Module for Enedis Connection Diagram
    • 800V Fuses and Circuit Breakers
    • Support for PV Plants and PV Canopy Installations
    • Storage (available by the end of Q2 2025)
  • Basic Module
    • Project Manager: Manage, share, insert files, and control access to your projects (read and write)
    • Project Viewer: View your projects
    • Multi-manufacturer database
    • Calculation report editing in collaboration with inspection offices
    • EVSE
  • Low Voltage (LV) Module
    • Multi-source
    • Cable sizing
    • Sizing and automatic selection of protections
    • Installations connected to the LV distribution network
    • Selectivity (available by the end of Q1 2025)
  • High Voltage (HV) Module
    • Installations connected to the MV network up to the delivery station
    • HV cable sizing between the transformer and the delivery point (PDL)
    • Sizing and selection of the HV switchgear and HV fuse between the transformer and the PDL
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