What’s Changed
* Offshore wind data columns built in - Gb/more orca cols (171) grantbuster
* Additional QA module for exclusions with plot and npy output - Qa excl (168) MRossol
* PySAM version 2 is now supported and required - Gb/pysam2 (169) grantbuster
* Requested reV technology must now match the SAM module string (pvwattsv5, pvwattsv7, windpower, tcsmoltensalt).
Notes on PySAM V2
* Pvwattsv7 is now the “latest and greatest”
* There are additional pvwatts inputs like grid limits, snow loss, and a simple battery model
* Back-end module efficiencies have been increased since pvwattsv5
* Self shading was enabled for all systems
* There is a new spectral correction that requires elevation as input
* Pvwattsv5 is maintained for legacy runs
* There is a minor change in self-shading for single axis trackers since PySAM v1 (won’t be able to reproduce old results exactly)
* Windpower is mostly unchanged
* Icing and low temp cutoff models have been fixed and are now runnable off of reV master
* Loss inputs have gotten more detailed. Previous “wind_farm_losses_percent” key is now “turb_generic_loss". This will be patched on-the-fly and a warning will be raised. Let me know if you find any more of these.