sscpy

Python bindings to SAM Simulation Core (SSC)

Installation

Requirements

• SAM Simulation Core (SSC) native libraries
• Python 3+

Install from PyPI (recommended)

pip install sscpy

Installing from Github

pip install git+https://github.com/StationA/sscpy.git#egg=sscpy

Installing from source

git clone https://github.com/StationA/sscpy.git
cd sscpy
pip install .

Usage

Example running PVWatts (v7)

from ssc.api import PVWatts

pvwatts = PVWatts()
params = {
    'solar_resource_file': 'weather_data.csv',
    'system_capacity': 1.0,
    'losses': 14.0,
    'array_type': 0,
    'tilt': 20,
    'azimuth': 180,
    'adjust:constant': 0
}
results = pvwatts.run(**params)

for output in results['ac']:
    print(output)

Contributing

When contributing to this repository, please follow the steps below:

1. Fork the repository
2. Submit your patch in one commit, or a series of well-defined commits
3. Submit your pull request and make sure you reference the issue you are addressing

Installing for development

pip install --editable .

Running tests

tox -e dev