摘要 |
This invention concerns solar energy, in particular providing and receiving quote information for solar power installations. Aspects of the invention include computer- implemented methods, computer systems and software of the quote of broker (18), supplier (14) and customer (16). The invention provides automatically providing quote information for solar power installations including storing (60) for each of a plurality of suppliers, quote information for solar power installations including information on a set of criteria, and an indication of the geographic area the quote information for that supplier applies to, receiving (62) from a potential customer a request for quote information, the quote request including an indication of a geographical area that the quote request applies to, automatically comparing (64) geographic areas of the quote request and suppliers to identify candidate suppliers, and automatically sending (66) to the potential customer quote information of the identified candidate suppliers for presentation to the potential customer. |