ANN: pvlib-0.8.1 released

[Mark Mikofski]

Dear Pythonistas and solar power enthusiasts,

On behalf of the maintainers, we're happy to announce a new release of pvlib python: software for simulating performance of photovoltaic solar energy systems.

See what's new for v0.8.1:

* 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-python

Read the Documentation:

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

Report issues & contribute:

* https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python

Highlights:

* AirSpeed Velocity benchmarks are now available!

https://pvlib-benchmarker.github.io/pvlib-benchmarks/

* A numpy-based implementation of the SPECTRL2 spectral irradiance model and a usage example in the gallery.

https://pvlib-python.readthedocs.io/en/stable/auto_examples/plot_spectrl2_fig51A.html

* New functions for modeling inverters with multiple MPPTs.

* The Liu-Jordan irradiance function is deprecated, and will be removed in v0.9. Please use the newer Campbell-Norman function instead, but note it expects some different arguments.

* Added the option of fetching 5 and 15-minute PSM3 data using a new "attributes" keyword argument.

* Clear-sky detection now uses centered rolling windows instead of left-aligned rolling windows.

The maintainers thank you for using pvlib python!

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