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solposx: A Python package for determining solar position and atmospheric refraction

solposx: A Python package for determining solar position and atmospheric refraction - Published in JOSS (2025)

https://github.com/pvlib/solposx

Science Score: 93.0%

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photovoltaic renewable-energy renewables solar-energy
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solposx is a Python package for determining solar position and atmospheric refraction

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  • Stars: 6
  • Watchers: 5
  • Forks: 2
  • Open Issues: 7
  • Releases: 4
Created 9 months ago · Last pushed 4 months ago
Metadata Files
Readme License

README.md

Reference implementations of common solar position algorithms

solposx is a Python package for calculating solar position angles and comparing solar position algorithms.

Documentation

The documentation can be found at readthedocs.

Installation and dependencies

The package can be installed using pip:

pip install solposx

Contributing

Contributions to the repository, e.g., bug fixes, improvements to the documentation, or the addition of new algorithms, are more than welcome.

License

BSD 3-clause.

Owner

  • Name: pvlib
  • Login: pvlib
  • Kind: organization

JOSS Publication

solposx: A Python package for determining solar position and atmospheric refraction
Published
November 10, 2025
DOI
Volume 10, Issue 115, Page 9239
Authors
Adam R. Jensen ORCID
Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
Ioannis Sifnaios ORCID
Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
Kevin S. Anderson ORCID
Sandia National Laboratories, USA
Echedey Luis ORCID
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain
Editor
Kyle Niemeyer ORCID
Tags
solar energy photovoltaics solar position
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  • Total Committers: 4
  • Avg Commits per committer: 55.25
  • Development Distribution Score (DDS): 0.285
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  • Commits: 221
  • Committers: 4
  • Avg Commits per committer: 55.25
  • Development Distribution Score (DDS): 0.285
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Echedey Luis Álvarez 8****s 29
Kevin Anderson k****o@g****m 19
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