[Python-announce] ANN: pvlib-0.9.2 released

[Dr. Mark Alexander Mikofski PhD]

Dear Pythonistas and solar power enthusiasts,

The maintainers are happy to announce a new release of pvlib python:
software for simulating performance of photovoltaic solar energy systems.

*See what's new for v0.9.2:*
** *https://pvlib-python.readthedocs.io/en/stable/whatsnew.html

*Releases are available from PyPI and the conda-forge channel:*
* https://pypi.org/project/pvlib/
* https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/pvlib
* https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/pvlib-python

*Note: you can now install from conda-forge using either "pvlib" or
"pvlib-python"*

*Read the Documentation:*
* https://pvlib-python.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html

*Report issues & contribute:*
* https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python

*Highlights:*
* Albedo can be entered as a column in weather DataFrame when running a
model chain. This can be used to enter a time series instead of just
monthly values.
* A new function calc_surface_orientation() returns tracker surface tilt
and azimuth when given tracker rotation and axis tilt.
* There's a new example in the gallery to calculate backside irradiance
using pvfactors.
* Dropped support for Python-3.6 and increased required pandas to v0.25.0
* A new build system that conforms to PEP 517 & PEP518
* There were several new contributors.

*Thank you for using pvlib python!*

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Mark Mikofski, PhD (2005)
*Fiat Lux*