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For more information, check out our [documentation](https://bifacial-radiance.readthedocs.io), \n[Tutorials in the form of Jupyter Notebooks](docs/tutorials/), or reffer to our [Wiki](https://github.com/NREL/bifacial_radiance/wiki)\nand [Issues](https://github.com/NREL/bifacial_radiance/issues) page. \n\n## Installation\n\nhttps://youtu.be/4A9GocfHKyM\nThis video shows how to install the bifacial_radiance software and all associated software needed. More info on the Wiki. Instructions are also shown below.\n\nFor detailed instructions of how to install bifacial_radiance, you can also refer to the [installation guide](https://bifacial-radiance.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user_guide/installation.html)\n\n## GUI! \n\nA GUI has been added in version 3.0. The GUI reads/writes all input parameters necessary to run a simulation, and runs the specified simulation by calling the correct functions with the specified parameters. So no need to use a journal or a script! But you still need to install following the procedure below. \n\nTo run the gui, import bifacial_radiance and run bifacial_radiance.gui()\n\n![GUI](docs/images_wiki/bifacial_radiance_GUI.png)\n\n\n## Usage\n\nWe have a tutorial video, showing how the program is structured, how to use the Jupyter tutorials and the GUI. You can watch it here [Tutorial Webinar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X9L-R-RVGA), with the [slides available here](https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy20osti/75218.pdf).\n\nCheck out the [Jupyter Tutorial Notebooks](docs/tutorials/) to see detailed examples of the capacities of bifacial_radiance.\nThe [Intro examples](https://bifacial-radiance.readthedocs.io/en/stable/introexamples.html) and the [readthedocs documentation](https://bifacial-radiance.readthedocs.io) also provide a good starting point.\n\n## Contributing\n\nWe need your help to make bifacial_radiance a great tool! Please see the [Contributing page](https://bifacial-radiance.readthedocs.io/en/stable/contributing.html) for more on how you can contribute. The long-term success of bifacial_radiance requires substantial community support.\n\n## License\n\nBifacial_radiance open source code is copyrighted by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy and licensed with BSD-3-Clause terms, found [here](https://github.com/NREL/bifacial_radiance/blob/master/LICENSE).\n\n## Getting Support\n\nIf you suspect that you may have discovered a bug or if you'd like to\nchange something about bifacial_radiance, then please make an issue on our\n[GitHub issues page](https://github.com/NREL/bifacial_radiance/issues).\n\nbifacial_radiance questions can be asked on\n[Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com) and tagged with\nthe [bifacial_radiance](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/bifacial_radiance) tag.\n\nThe [bifacial-radiance google group](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bifacial_radiance) \nhas just started, and will be used for discussing various topics of interest to the bifacial-radiance\ncommunity. We also make new version announcements on the google group.\n\n## Citing\n\nIf you use bifacial_radiance in a published work, please cite:\n\n    Ayala Pelaez and Deline, (2020). bifacial_radiance: a python package for modeling bifacial solar photovoltaic systems. Journal of Open Source Software, 5(50), 1865, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01865\n\n\nPlease also cite the DOI corresponding to the specific version of bifacial_radiance that you used. bifacial_radiance DOIs are listed at [Zenodo.org](https://zenodo.org/search?page=1\u0026size=20\u0026q=conceptrecid:3860349\u0026all_versions\u0026sort=-version)\n\nAdditional bifacial_radiance publications with validation of the software include:\n* Deline, Chris, and Ayala, Silvana. Bifacial_Radiance. Computer Software. https://github.com/NREL/bifacial_radiance. USDOE Office of     Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S). 17 Dec. 2017. Web. doi:10.11578/dc.20180530.16. https://www.osti.gov/doecode/biblio/6869\n* Ayala Pelaez S, Deline C, Greenberg P, Stein JS, Kostuk RK. Model and validation of single-axis tracking with bifacial PV. IEEE J Photovoltaics. 2019;9(3):715-721. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8644027 and https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy19osti/72039.pdf (pre-print, conference version)\n* Ayala Pelaez, Deline C, MacAlpine M, Marion B, Stein J, Kostuk K. Comparison of Bifacial Solar Irradiance Model Predictions with Field Validation. IEEE J Photovoltaics. 2019; 9(1):82-87. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8534404\n\nOr check our [Github Wiki](https://github.com/NREL/bifacial_radiance/wiki) for a complete list of publications.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2FNREL%2Fbifacial_radiance","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2FNREL%2Fbifacial_radiance","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2FNREL%2Fbifacial_radiance/lists"}