bifacialvf - v0.1.9 Release

This is a minor release deprecating support for Python 3.6 and 3.7 and adding support up to Python 3.11

What's Changed

• Bump tqdm from 4.45.0 to 4.66.3 by @dependabot in https://github.com/NREL/bifacialvf/pull/57
• Remove versioneer in favor of setuptools_scm by @cdeline in https://github.com/NREL/bifacialvf/pull/59

Full Changelog: https://github.com/NREL/bifacialvf/compare/0.1.8.1...0.1.9

Renewable Energy - Photovoltaics and Solar Energy - Python
Published by cdeline 8 months ago

bifacialvf - 0.1.8.1 bug fix

Error in setup.py resulted in incorrect loading of packages.

Renewable Energy - Photovoltaics and Solar Energy - Python
Published by cdeline over 2 years ago

bifacialvf - v0.1.8 Release

See What's new for details on release.

Renewable Energy - Photovoltaics and Solar Energy - Python
Published by shirubana about 3 years ago

bifacialvf - Python3 compliance and pytests

This version is now Py3 compliant, and integrates with TravisCI with pytests.

Renewable Energy - Photovoltaics and Solar Energy - Python
Published by cdeline almost 6 years ago

bifacialvf - EPW file input capability

Bug fixes:

• 'first' and 'last' single axis tracking no longer causes errors
• 'ARglass' option for front or back glass input provides feedback if text input is incorrect
  New functionality:
• EPW files can be imported for meteorological data
• Updated single axis tracking example in notebook
• streamlined code by removing Cv and offset inputs in simulate()

Renewable Energy - Photovoltaics and Solar Energy - Python
Published by cdeline about 7 years ago

bifacialvf - Python 3.6 compatibility

Print and other statements are updated to enable Python 3.6 compatibility.
This version will be made available on PyPi to allow quick command line installation: pip install bifacialvf.

Renewable Energy - Photovoltaics and Solar Energy - Python
Published by cdeline about 7 years ago

bifacialvf - Update calculations for southern latitudes

Small bug fix when using rowSpacing() function to determine the minimum row spacing of systems - for southern latitudes, it was not correctly using the winter solstice (June Solstice) and instead was using the December solstice for the row spacing calculation.

Renewable Energy - Photovoltaics and Solar Energy - Python
Published by cdeline about 7 years ago

bifacialvf - Initial stable release

BifacialVF stable release

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Published by cdeline over 7 years ago

bifacialvf - Single axis tracking update

Several errors were discovered in the SAT algorithm that have been addressed here.
SAT ground clearance is now set by C = hub height (clearance at tilt = 0). This value must be > 0.5 to avoid errors
Row spacing may be set with either D (gap space between modules) or rtr (row to row spacing).

Renewable Energy - Photovoltaics and Solar Energy - Python
Published by cdeline over 7 years ago

bifacialvf - Tracker limit angle update

Minor revision to allow adjustment of tracker rotation limit

Renewable Energy - Photovoltaics and Solar Energy - Python
Published by cdeline over 7 years ago