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reword for clarity; add a bit of "why"
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kandersolar committed Jul 5, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -37,11 +37,14 @@ Prior to pvlib version 0.10.1, pvlib used the original SunPower implementation
of the model via the `pvfactors <https://github.com/sunpower/pvfactors>`_
package. Starting in version 0.10.1, pvlib instead uses
`solarfactors <https://github.com/pvlib/solarfactors>`_, a drop-in
replacement for ``pvfactors`` maintained by the pvlib community.
replacement implementation maintained by the pvlib community.
This switch was made when the original ``pvfactors`` package became
difficult to install in modern python environments.
``solarfactors`` implements the same model as ``pvfactors`` and is kept
up to date and working over time. Note that for backwards compatibility,
``pip install solarfactors`` installs a package that is still accessed in code
with the original ``import pvfactors``.
up to date and working over time. Note that "solarfactors" is only the name
on PyPI (meaning it is installed via ``pip install solarfactors``);
after installation, Python code still accesses it as "pvfactors"
(e.g. ``import pvfactors``).


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