2025 Wrap-up
What a year it’s been. Here’s a look back at the major features we shipped in 2025.
Battery Storage
2025 was all about making battery sales easier and more accurate.
Cheaper Home Batteries Program
Pylon now automatically calculates the additional STCs from the federal Cheaper Home Batteries Program.
Floor Plans Tool
A complete floor plan editor for battery emergency planning. Create BESS Site Plan PDFs with room layouts, measurements, smoke alarms, bollards, and wall materials.
Off-peak Charging Simulation
Our new simulation engine models real-world battery behaviour, including charging during off-peak periods and Time-of-Use tariff optimisation.
CEC Approval Visibility
See at a glance whether a battery is CEC approved and when that approval expires—before you quote.
BESS2 PRCs
Updated support for NSW Peak Demand Reduction Scheme, including the transition from BESS1 to BESS2 certificates.
Editor Improvements
Magic Eraser
Remove trees, cars, and other obstructions from satellite imagery using AI. Powered by Google’s Gemini model.
Imagery Layer Fallback
If one imagery source fails to load, Pylon will automatically try the next available layer.
Panel Editing Improvements
Improved rotation handles, better copy-paste behaviour, and removed those tiny gaps between panels that made it easy to accidentally deselect.
Team Presence
See who else on your team is viewing the same design you’re working on.
Pricing & Sales Tools
Stacked Pricing Engine
Set tiered pricing based on line item multipliers—perfect for scaling from residential to commercial. Base costs plus per-watt tiers, double-storey charges, and 3-phase upgrades all in one system.
Beast Mode Pricing
Multi-select line items, drag-and-drop reordering, and multiplier values. Now available everywhere.
Financing Regulation Compliance
New financing tables showing all available terms, repayment amounts, and total costs to meet BNPL regulations.
Proposal Counter-signing
Sales reps can now add their signature after customers sign, keeping the entire contract process within Pylon.
Component Replacement Costs
Factor in future replacement costs for inverters and batteries into your ROI calculations.
Solar SLD (Single Line Diagram / Schematic) Improvements
Elk Engine
Our new SLD rendering engine for cleaner, more accurate diagrams.
Gateway Support
Full SLD support for Tesla Gateway, Sigen Energy Gateway, and Anker SOLIX products.
Phase Assignment
Assign batteries and inverters to specific phases.
Three-phase Bus Bar
Proper visualisation of three-phase configurations.
CRM
Lead Summaries
Get an instant AI-powered summary of all your interactions with a lead. Perfect for when that customer resurfaces months later.
Calendar Event Templates
Create reusable templates for site inspections, installation days, and other recurring events—complete with template variables.
Multiple Company Offices
Add multiple office addresses and Pylon will automatically select the closest one for each project.
Real-time Energy Data Expansion
Added support for 10 new energy retailers including Amber, Ergon, and Tesla Energy Plan.
Contact Spam Filter
Automatically flag suspicious contacts to keep your pipeline clean and focused on real opportunities.
Proposals & Documents
Custom Proposal Titles
Use your Design Labels as Proposal Titles for clearer customer communication.
Comparison Page Improvements
Design Labels now appear as section headers, plus new rows for Solar System Size and Battery Size.
Air-conditioners
Full support for air-conditioners as components, including PRC and VEEC eligibility.
API Expansion
We significantly expanded what you can do with the Pylon API:
- Line items
- Mounting kits
- Job Sheet URLs
- PV Site Information PDFs
- Proposal sent webhook
By the Numbers
- 500+ features and improvements shipped
- 140+ bug fixes
- 8 major product updates
Thank You
To everyone who’s used Pylon this year, sent us feedback, reported bugs, and helped shape the product—thank you. We’ve got loads of ideas and we’re excited for what’s coming in 2026.
Here’s to another year of making solar sales easier. ☀️
— Nelson and the Pylon team