Self-Consumption and Consumption sensors???

[MrPeteH]

The online SE data includes consumption info.
I don't see consumption-related sensors in SE-modbus-multi

AFAIK self consumption is <AC Production> - <AC Grid Export>
and consumption is <self consumption> + <AC Grid Import>, ie <AC Production> + <AC Grid Import> - <AC Grid Export>

but don't have the experience with HA coding to know how to implement this as part of solaredge-modbus-multi.

Any help much appreciated! (I need these additional "raw" calculated sensors, to feed into a new rolling peak load / peak grid import monitor.)

[mpredfearn]

@MrPeteH there are template sensors on the wiki here: https://github.com/WillCodeForCats/solaredge-modbus-multi/wiki/Template-Sensors-for-Power-and-Energy. Just add these to your configuration.yaml and restart HA.

[MrPeteH]

@mpredfearn (Interesting, my import/export meter(s) is m2 not m1!)

I must be confused at a pretty basic level. Yes I saw those sensors. But the content of that page doesn't match the title!

• Title: "Sensors for Power and Energy"
• Content: sensors are ALL for Power. None for Energy

I assume there are lots of smarts in the Energy dashboard to do conversions from Watts to kWh etc.

But I actually need Energy sensors to feed into some rolling energy usage stats.

Has nobody actually created Energy sensors for this?

[mpredfearn]

@MrPeteH yes, I think many people are using the energy dashboard through this integration. Here's mine.

The grid ones are easy enough since they are exposed directly by the inverter.
If you don't have a battery, the generated solar is also easy from sensor.solaredge_i1_ac_energy_kwh. But if you do have a battery you need some template sensors to split the solar / battery power and hence energy apart. If you add the power sensors as documented in the wiki, and then add integrate them using the "integration" integration, then you get energy.

  - platform: integration                                                       
    name: energy_consumption                                                    
    source: sensor.power_consumption                                            
    method: left                                                                
    unit_prefix: k                                                              
  - platform: integration                                                       
    name: energy_solar_generation                                               
    source: sensor.power_solar_generation                                       
    method: left                                                                
    unit_prefix: k                                                              
  - platform: integration                                                       
    name: energy_battery_charged                                                
    source: sensor.power_battery_charging                                       
    method: left                                                                
    unit_prefix: k                                                              
  - platform: integration                                                       
    name: energy_pv_battery                                                     
    source: sensor.power_pv_battery                                             
    method: left                                                                
    unit_prefix: k                                                              
  - platform: integration                                                       
    name:  energy_battery_discharged                                            
    source: sensor.power_battery_discharging                                    
    method: left                                                                
    unit_prefix: k 

You may also want to use the "utility meter" to get per-day statistics

                                                                                
utility_meter:                                                                  
  energy_consumption_daily:                                                     
    name: Energy Consumption Daily                                              
    source: sensor.energy_consumption                                           
    cycle: daily                                                                
  energy_solar_generation_daily:                                                
    name: Energy Solar Generation Daily                                         
    source: sensor.energy_solar_generation                                      
    cycle: daily                                                                
  energy_battery_charged_daily:                                                 
    name: Energy Battery Charged Daily                                          
    source: sensor.energy_battery_charged                                       
    cycle: daily                                                                
  energy_battery_charged_solar_daily:                                           
    name: Energy Battery Charged Solar Daily                                    
    source: sensor.energy_battery_charged_solar                                 
    cycle: daily                                                                
  energy_battery_discharged_daily:                                              
    name: Energy Battery Discharged Daily                                       
    source: sensor.energy_battery_discharged                                    
    cycle: daily                                                                
  energy_grid_export_daily:                                                     
    name: Energy Grid Export Daily                                              
    source: sensor.solaredge_modbus_m1_exported_kwh                             
    cycle: daily                                                                
  energy_grid_import_daily:                                                     
    name: Energy Grid Import Daily                                              
    source: sensor.solaredge_modbus_m1_imported_kwh                             
    cycle: daily

There are several packages on github like this one https://github.com/ryanm101/hasolarcfg as linked from the discussion thread https://community.home-assistant.io/t/custom-component-solaredge-modbus-multi/447030/186 which contain the template sensors.