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Remove g_poa_effective renamed kwarg warning in pvsystem.pvwatts_dc() #2704

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Update pvsystem.py
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remove from nomenclature, update whatsnew
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3 changes: 0 additions & 3 deletions docs/sphinx/source/user_guide/extras/nomenclature.rst
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Expand Up @@ -88,9 +88,6 @@ There is a convention on consistent variable names throughout the library:
eta_inv_ref
Reference inverter efficiency

g_poa_effective
Broadband plane of array effective irradiance

gamma_pdc
Module temperature coefficient. Typically in units of 1/C.

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.. _whatsnew_0_16_0:


v0.16.0 (Month XX, 20YY)
-----------------------

Breaking Changes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Remove support for the `g_poa_effective` keyword argument in
:py:func:`pvlib.pvsystem.pvwatts_dc`. Users must now use
`effective_irradiance`. (:issue:`2703`, :pull:`2704`)


Deprecations
~~~~~~~~~~~~


Bug fixes
~~~~~~~~~


Enhancements
~~~~~~~~~~~~


Documentation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Remove `g_poa_effective` from the :ref:`nomenclature` page (:pull:`2704`)


Testing
~~~~~~~


Benchmarking
~~~~~~~~~~~~


Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~~


Maintenance
~~~~~~~~~~~


Contributors
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* Rajiv Daxini (:ghuser:`RDaxini`)

5 changes: 0 additions & 5 deletions pvlib/pvsystem.py
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from dataclasses import dataclass
from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
from typing import Optional, Union
from pvlib._deprecation import renamed_kwarg_warning
import pvlib # used to avoid albedo name collision in the Array class
from pvlib import (atmosphere, iam, inverter, irradiance,
singlediode as _singlediode, spectrum, temperature)
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for array, data in zip(self.arrays, data)
)

@renamed_kwarg_warning(
"0.13.0", "g_poa_effective", "effective_irradiance")
@_unwrap_single_value
def pvwatts_dc(self, effective_irradiance, temp_cell):
"""
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return df_sorted


@renamed_kwarg_warning(
"0.13.0", "g_poa_effective", "effective_irradiance")
def pvwatts_dc(effective_irradiance, temp_cell, pdc0, gamma_pdc, temp_ref=25.,
k=None, cap_adjustment=False):
r"""
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