Releases: NREL/PVLCOE
Releases · NREL/PVLCOE
Version 2.0.1
Updates to enable deployment at https://nrel.github.io/PVLCOE/
Version 2.0.0
- Added break-even buttons for all inputs except discount rate
- Added a slider for inverter loading ratio (ILR)
- Redesigned the presets menu
- Restricted acceptable service life range and added a dead zone to the slider, imposed physically-motivated limits on efficiency, yield, and degradation rate
- Added the option to compare a proposed discount rate
- Switched to a linear equation for applying degradation rate to energy yield
- Updated energy yield based on PySAM, using the PVWatts model and NSRDB weather data (source is available in the repository). Weather data is NSRDB TMY based on PSM through 2020.
- Removed BOS-cost variation by location, updated BOS costs, added commercial system BOS costs, added BOS costs for different ILRs, added a new script to the repository build the BOS cost tree, updated references in documentation
- Updated module costs, efficiencies, degradation rate, O&M costs, and added a new script to the repository to build the preset tree, updated references in documentation
- Updated citation