Package: bifacial-radiance
bifacial_radianceMain branch:Development branch:Introductionbifacial_radiance contains a series of Python wrapper functions to make working with
RADIANCE easier, particularly for the PV researcher interested in bifacial PV
performance.  For more information, check out ourdocumentation,Tutorials in the form of Jupyter Notebooks, or reffer to ourWikiandIssuespage.Installationhttps://youtu.be/4A9GocfHKyMThis video shows how to install the bifacial_radiance software and all associated software needed. More info on the Wiki. Instructions are also shown below.For detailed instructions of how to install bifacial_radiance, you can also refer to theinstallation guideGUI!A GUI has been added in version 3.0. The GUI reads/writes all input parameters necessary to run a simulation, and runs the specified simulation by calling the correct functions with the specified parameters. So no need to use a journal or a script! But you still need to install following the procedure below.To run the gui, import bifacial_radiance and run bifacial_radiance.gui()UsageWe have a tutorial video, showing how the program is structured, how to use the Jupyter tutorials and the GUI. You can watch it hereTutorial Webinar, with theslides available here.Check out theJupyter Tutorial Notebooksto see detailed examples of the capacities of bifacial_radiance.
TheIntro examplesand thereadthedocs documentationalso provide a good starting point.ContributingWe need your help to make bifacial_radiance a great tool! Please see theContributing pagefor more on how you can contribute. The long-term success of bifacial_radiance requires substantial community support.LicenseBifacial_radiance open source code is copyrighted by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy and licensed with BSD-3-Clause terms, foundhere.Getting SupportIf you suspect that you may have discovered a bug or if you'd like to
change something about bifacial_radiance, then please make an issue on ourGitHub issues page.bifacial_radiance questions can be asked onStack Overflowand tagged with
thebifacial_radiancetag.Thebifacial-radiance google grouphas just started, and will be used for discussing various topics of interest to the bifacial-radiance
community. We also make new version announcements on the google group.CitingIf you use bifacial_radiance in a published work, please cite:Ayala Pelaez and Deline, (2020). bifacial_radiance: a python package for modeling bifacial solar photovoltaic systems. Journal of Open Source Software, 5(50), 1865, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01865Please also cite the DOI corresponding to the specific version of bifacial_radiance that you used. bifacial_radiance DOIs are listed atZenodo.orgAdditional bifacial_radiance publications with validation of the software include:Deline, Chris, and Ayala, Silvana. Bifacial_Radiance. Computer Software.https://github.com/NREL/bifacial_radiance. USDOE Office of     Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S). 17 Dec. 2017. Web. doi:10.11578/dc.20180530.16.https://www.osti.gov/doecode/biblio/6869Ayala Pelaez S, Deline C, Greenberg P, Stein JS, Kostuk RK. Model and validation of single-axis tracking with bifacial PV. IEEE J Photovoltaics. 2019;9(3):715-721.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8644027andhttps://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy19osti/72039.pdf(pre-print, conference version)Ayala Pelaez, Deline C, MacAlpine M, Marion B, Stein J, Kostuk K. Comparison of Bifacial Solar Irradiance Model Predictions with Field Validation. IEEE J Photovoltaics. 2019; 9(1):82-87.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8534404Or check ourGithub Wikifor a complete list of publications.