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README.md

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Add ``-e`` to install in [develop mode](http://pip.readthedocs.org/en/latest/reference/pip_install.html#editable-installs).
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``pvlib-python`` comes with Python bindings for NREL's solar position C code,
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however you must manually download the C code directly from [NREL](http://www.nrel.gov/midc/spa/).
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To use the NREL SPA algorithm,
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To use the NREL SPA algorithm, a pip install from the web cannot be used. Instead:
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1. Download the pvlib repository from https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python.git
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#. Download the SPA files from [NREL](http://www.nrel.gov/midc/spa/)
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#. Copy the SPA files into ``pvlib-python/pvlib/spa_c_files``
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#. From the ``pvlib-python`` directory, run ``pip uninstall pvlib`` followed by ``pip install . ``
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1. Download the SPA files from [NREL](http://www.nrel.gov/midc/spa/)
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2. Copy the SPA files into ``pvlib/spa_c_files``
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3. From this ``pvlib-python`` directory, run ``pip install . -I --no-deps``
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Usage Example
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docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.1.0.txt

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* Adding logging calls, removing print calls.
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* Improved PEP8 compliance.
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* Added ``/pvlib/data`` for lookup tables, test, and tutorial data.
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* Removed NREL's SPA code to comply with their license (:issue:`9`).
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