Release History

0.4.0 (dev)

Added: PV model based on the single-diode model in pvlib-python
Modified: Reorganise PV models; existing Huld-based models now subclass HuldPanel
Added: Tools to deal with the CEC module database
Added: Inverter model based on PVWatts Version 5 and differentiation between DC and AC output, alongside new inverter_capacity and use_inverter arguments to pv.run_model()
Fixed: Clean up non-standard CMIP time attributes in climate data interface
Fixed: Improve CF conformity of climate data interface
Modified: Clean up and blacken code
Modified: Compatibility with more recent versions of pandas and xarray

0.3.1 (2019-07-23)

Fixed: erroneous angles in 1-axis tracking with non-horizontal tracking axes
Fixed: minor improvement in calculation of sunrise and sunset times to deal with cases where sun never rises or sets

0.3.0 (2018-12-19)

Added: climate data interface
Modified: PV model now expects inputs as W, not kW
Fixed: minor improvements in trigon.py (sunrise/sunset times now take sun radius into consideration; clipping of zeros to avoid NaNs)

0.2.1 (2018-09-07)

Fix: clip maximum panel output

0.2.0 (2018-08-10)

PyPI package
Minor bug fixes

0.1.0 (2016-09-01)

First version