Growatt sensor

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+---
+layout: page
+title: "Growatt sensor"
+description: "Instructions on how to integrate a Growatt solar panel plant into Home Assistant."
+date: 2019-01-30 15:04
+sidebar: true
+comments: false
+sharing: true
+footer: true
+logo: growatt.png
+ha_category:
+  - Energy
+  - Sensor
+ha_iot_class: "Cloud Polling"
+ha_release: "0.93"
+---
+
+The Growatt sensor enables you to monitor Growatt solar panel plants that have a WiFi module that send the data to [the Growatt server](https://server.growatt.com). The sensor will pull the total `kWh` and daily `kWh` from the server.
+
+To enable this sensor, add the following lines to your `configuration.yaml`:
+
+```yaml
+# Example configuration.yaml entry
+sensor:
+  - platform: growatt
+    username: USERNAME
+    password: PASSWORD
+```
+
+{% configuration %}
+username:
+  description: Username for the Growatt server
+  required: false
+  type: string
+password:
+  description: Password for the Growatt server
+  required: true
+  type: string
+{% endconfiguration %}
+