PVLIB Python 2015

We describe improvements to the open source PVLIB-Python modeling package. PVLIB-Python provides most of the functionality of its parent PVLIB-MATLAB package and now follows standard Python design patterns and conventions, has improved unit test coverage, and is installable. PVLIBPython is hosted on GitHub.com and co-developed by GitHub contributors. We also describe a roadmap for the future of the PVLIB-Python package.

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