What is on the Warranties tab?
The Warranties tab shows every warranty term of the site with its status today: Met, Near, Breached or Unknown. You record terms there, by hand or from a PDF.
Why it matters
A term that is not met can be worth money: liquidated damages from the EPC or a repair by the manufacturer. Alpha only checks what is recorded. Without terms, the warranty alarms stay off.
What you see
Admin, Operator and Viewer see this tab; a customer does not. The buttons that record or change something are shown to Admin and Operator only.
PV warranty EPC
This card sits at the top, only for a site with a performance ratio or availability term. When the site has no irradiance measurement class, the label Indicative sits above it. One row per kind and warranty year, the newest year first.
| Column | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Kind | Performance ratio or Availability |
| Warranty year | The number of the year and the period, such as "3 · 2026-04-01 – 2026-10-26 · running"; "running" for a year still going |
| Guaranteed | The guaranteed percentage, with "per month" when the term counts per month |
| Achieved | The achieved percentage, or Invalid or Insufficient data |
| Shortfall | The shortfall in percentage points, such as "0 pp" |
| Shortfall kWh | The shortfall in kWh |
| Shortfall € | The shortfall in euro; only for whoever may see prices |
| Possible claim | The amount the term's remedy gives |
| Source | The document and the page, with the contract sentence |
| Status | Met, Near, Breached or Unknown |
Warranties
The table with all terms. At the top right are Add warranty, Warranty dossier (only for a site with a battery system) and Read from document. Without terms it says No warranties.
| Column | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Kind | The kind of warranty, such as Performance ratio, Availability or Product warranty |
| Applies to | The level and the name, such as "Installation · " and the site's name |
| Terms | The values filled in, such as "Percentage 99 · Basis Time" |
| Period | "From" and the start date, or start and end |
| Party | EPC, Manufacturer or O&M party |
| Source | Contract fields, Battery file, or the document and the page |
| Status | With a figure "Guaranteed … · Achieved …"; with a date the status with "Until" and the date; else the status |
| Actions | New version and Withdraw |
Both tables have a download button at the top right for CSV or Excel (.xlsx) once they have rows.
How to do it
- Open Assets, choose the site and choose the Warranties tab. Open in Alpha
- Choose Add warranty. Choose the Kind and the Level, and fill in the terms of that kind.
- Fill in Valid from, and Valid until when the warranty ends. Choose the Party and the Remedy. With Liquidated damages also fill in Amount per unit (€) and Unit.
- Name the source in Document, Page and Quote, and choose Save.
- Is the term in a PDF? Choose Read from document, choose the Kind and the Document (PDF), and choose Read. Keep ticked what is right and choose Take over. Check the form and choose Save.
- Does a term change? Choose New version in its row. Was a term entered by mistake? Choose Withdraw.
- Does the site have a battery? Choose Warranty dossier, choose the Year and choose Download.