pvlib.pvsystem.retrieve_sam¶
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pvlib.pvsystem.
retrieve_sam
(name=None, path=None)[source]¶ Retrieve latest module and inverter info from a local file or the SAM website.
This function will retrieve either:
- CEC module database
- Sandia Module database
- CEC Inverter database
and return it as a pandas DataFrame.
Parameters: name : None or string
Name can be one of:
- ‘CECMod’ - returns the CEC module database
- ‘CECInverter’ - returns the CEC Inverter database
- ‘SandiaInverter’ - returns the CEC Inverter database (CEC is only current inverter db available; tag kept for backwards compatibility)
- ‘SandiaMod’ - returns the Sandia Module database
path : None or string
Path to the SAM file. May also be a URL.
If both name and path are None, a dialogue will open allowing the
user to select a file.
Returns: samfile : DataFrame
A DataFrame containing all the elements of the desired database. Each column represents a module or inverter, and a specific dataset can be retrieved by the command
Notes
Files available at https://sam.nrel.gov/sites/default/files/
Examples
>>> from pvlib import pvsystem >>> invdb = pvsystem.retrieve_sam('CECInverter') >>> inverter = invdb.AE_Solar_Energy__AE6_0__277V__277V__CEC_2012_ >>> inverter Vac 277.000000 Paco 6000.000000 Pdco 6165.670000 Vdco 361.123000 Pso 36.792300 C0 -0.000002 C1 -0.000047 C2 -0.001861 C3 0.000721 Pnt 0.070000 Vdcmax 600.000000 Idcmax 32.000000 Mppt_low 200.000000 Mppt_high 500.000000 Name: AE_Solar_Energy__AE6_0__277V__277V__CEC_2012_, dtype: float64