Forecast.Solar with multiple strings of panels and single inverter

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Hi! I have strings of panels in two directions. No problmen setting up two integrations in forecast.solar. I also found example of template combining both integrations to one value for forecast (working fine if you produce less then the max of the inverter). BUT I only have one inverter, so it will not give correct forecast as I have a max in the inverter any given time. Any proposal on how to get a setup working with 2+ forecast.solar integrations but with combined max capacity in the inverter? Splitting the inverter max each integration wont work.

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Hi Mathias, did you figure this out? I have the same problem.

I also asked here:

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Same problem here. I have one converter connected to east/west panels and another one panel/converter combo pointing south. So I created three services and added them together in sensors.yaml like this:

   total_solar_next_hour:
        friendly_name: "Total Solar Energy Next Hour"
        unit_of_measurement: "kWh" 
        value_template: >
            {{ states('sensor.energy_next_hour')|float(0) + 
                states('sensor.energy_next_hour_2')|float(0) + 
                states('sensor.energy_next_hour_3')|float(0) }}

Unfortunately, this is a known issue, and it seems it won’t be addressed until YOU do it. :slight_smile: