pvlib.iotools.read_pvgis_hourly#

pvlib.iotools.read_pvgis_hourly(filename, pvgis_format=None, map_variables=True)[source]#

Read a PVGIS hourly file.

Parameters:
  • filename (str, pathlib.Path, or file-like buffer) – Name, path, or buffer of hourly data file downloaded from PVGIS.

  • pvgis_format (str, optional) – Format of PVGIS file or buffer. Equivalent to the outputformat parameter in the PVGIS API. If filename is a file and pvgis_format is not specified then the file extension will be used to determine the PVGIS format to parse. If filename is a buffer, then pvgis_format is required and must be in ['csv', 'json'].

  • map_variables (bool, default True) – When true, renames columns of the DataFrame to pvlib variable names where applicable. See variable VARIABLE_MAP.

Returns:

  • data (pandas.DataFrame) – the time series data

  • inputs (dict) – the inputs

  • metadata (dict) – metadata

Warning

The azimuth orientation specified in the output metadata does not correspond to the pvlib convention, but is offset 180 degrees.

Raises:
  • ValueError – if pvgis_format is not specified and the file extension is neither .csv nor .json or if pvgis_format is provided as input but isn’t in ['csv', 'json']

  • TypeError – if pvgis_format is not specified and filename is a buffer