Verbosity
Verbosity is a fundamental function in PVGIS. It enables to retrieve detailed parts of the calculation chain right from the solar positioning and through the solar irradiance components up to the photovoltaic performance figures. The following simple examples demonstrate how it works and what sort of output we can get.
-
Multiple verbosity levels
Use the
-vflag to keep it minimal or up to-vvvvvvvvv, to get all of the calculation details! -
Index
Use
--indexor simply-ito index the output. -
QuietUse
--quietto silence longer time series that take some time to print in the terminal. -
Debugging
If things don't work out, use
-vvvvvvvvvvto get debugging details!
Shortcut -v¶
-v is a shortcut for --verbose.
And -vv is the same as asking twice for --verbose,
i.e. --verbose --verbose.
PV Power series [W] (1/2)
Time ⌁ Power Technology
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2010-01-27 12:00:00 732.978 cSi:Free standing 2025
⅀ / μ 732.978
PV Power series [W] (2/2)
Time Incidence Definition Frequency
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2010-01-27 12:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane Single
⅀ / μ
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Angular units ㎭ radians │
│ Location Longitude, Latitude = 0.151, 0.8 │
│ Position Surface Orientation: 3.142, Surface Tilt: 0.611 │
│ Definitions Azimuth origin : North, Zone : UTC, Sun-Horizon Positions: │
│ Above, Low angle, Below, Shading states: Sunlit, Potentially-sunlit, │
│ In-shade, │
│ Algorithms Power model: Huld 2011, Timing : NOAA, Positioning : NOAA, │
│ Incidence : Iqbal, │
│ Constants Solar constant : 1360.8, Perigee : 0.048869, Eccentricity : │
│ 0.03344 │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Reference ─╯
╭──────────────────────╮
│ ⌁ Power │
│ ⅀ N-ary Summation │
│ μ Mean │
│ │
│ │
│ │
╰───────────── Legend ─╯
PV Power series [W] (1/2)
Time ⌁ Power Technology
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2010-01-27 12:00:00 732.978 cSi:Free standing 2025
⅀ / μ 732.978
PV Power series [W] (2/2)
Time Incidence Definition Frequency
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2010-01-27 12:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane Single
⅀ / μ
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Angular units ㎭ radians │
│ Location Longitude, Latitude = 0.151, 0.8 │
│ Position Surface Orientation: 3.142, Surface Tilt: 0.611 │
│ Definitions Azimuth origin : North, Zone : UTC, Sun-Horizon Positions: │
│ Above, Low angle, Below, Shading states: Sunlit, Potentially-sunlit, │
│ In-shade, │
│ Algorithms Power model: Huld 2011, Timing : NOAA, Positioning : NOAA, │
│ Incidence : Iqbal, │
│ Constants Solar constant : 1360.8, Perigee : 0.048869, Eccentricity : │
│ 0.03344 │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Reference ─╯
╭──────────────────────╮
│ ⌁ Power │
│ ⅀ N-ary Summation │
│ μ Mean │
│ │
│ │
│ │
╰───────────── Legend ─╯
PV Power series [W] (1/4)
Time ⌁ Power Technology
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2010-01-27 12:00:00 732.978 cSi:Free standing 2025
⅀ / μ 732.978
PV Power series [W] (2/4)
Time ⌁ Power without Loss ☂ In shade
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2010-01-27 12:00:00 852.3 False
⅀ / μ 852.3
PV Power series [W] (3/4)
Time ☉ ⛰ Sun-Horizon Position
────────────────────────────────────────────────
2010-01-27 12:00:00 Above
⅀ / μ
PV Power series [W] (4/4)
Time Incidence Definition Frequency
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2010-01-27 12:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane Single
⅀ / μ
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Angular units ㎭ radians │
│ Location Longitude, Latitude = 0.151, 0.8 │
│ Position Surface Orientation: 3.142, Surface Tilt: 0.611 │
│ Definitions Azimuth origin : North, Zone : UTC, Sun-Horizon Positions: │
│ Above, Low angle, Below, Shading states: Sunlit, Potentially-sunlit, │
│ In-shade, │
│ Algorithms Power model: Huld 2011, Timing : NOAA, Positioning : NOAA, │
│ Incidence : Iqbal, │
│ Constants Solar constant : 1360.8, Perigee : 0.048869, Eccentricity : │
│ 0.03344 │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Reference ─╯
╭───────────────────────────────╮
│ ⌁ Power μ Mean │
│ ☂ In shade │
│ ☉ Sun │
│ ⛰ Horizon │
│ - Loss │
│ ⅀ N-ary Summation │
╰────────────────────── Legend ─╯
PV Power series [W] (1/4)
Time ⌁ Power Technology
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2010-01-27 12:00:00 732.978 cSi:Free standing 2025
⅀ / μ 732.978
PV Power series [W] (2/4)
Time ⌁ Power without Loss ☂ In shade
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2010-01-27 12:00:00 852.3 False
⅀ / μ 852.3
PV Power series [W] (3/4)
Time ☉ ⛰ Sun-Horizon Position
────────────────────────────────────────────────
2010-01-27 12:00:00 Above
⅀ / μ
PV Power series [W] (4/4)
Time Incidence Definition Frequency
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2010-01-27 12:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane Single
⅀ / μ
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Angular units ㎭ radians │
│ Location Longitude, Latitude = 0.151, 0.8 │
│ Position Surface Orientation: 3.142, Surface Tilt: 0.611 │
│ Definitions Azimuth origin : North, Zone : UTC, Sun-Horizon Positions: │
│ Above, Low angle, Below, Shading states: Sunlit, Potentially-sunlit, │
│ In-shade, │
│ Algorithms Power model: Huld 2011, Timing : NOAA, Positioning : NOAA, │
│ Incidence : Iqbal, │
│ Constants Solar constant : 1360.8, Perigee : 0.048869, Eccentricity : │
│ 0.03344 │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Reference ─╯
╭───────────────────────────────╮
│ ⌁ Power μ Mean │
│ ☂ In shade │
│ ☉ Sun │
│ ⛰ Horizon │
│ - Loss │
│ ⅀ N-ary Summation │
╰────────────────────── Legend ─╯
Multiple levels¶
PV Power series [W] (1/2)
Time ⌁ Power Technology
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:05:56 327.033 cSi:Free standing 2025
⅀ / μ 327.033
PV Power series [W] (2/2)
Time Incidence Definition Frequency
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:05:56 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane Single
⅀ / μ
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Angular units ㎭ radians │
│ Location Longitude, Latitude = 0.151, 0.8 │
│ Position Surface Orientation: 3.142, Surface Tilt: 0.611 │
│ Definitions Azimuth origin : North, Zone : UTC, Sun-Horizon Positions: │
│ Above, Low angle, Below, Shading states: Sunlit, Potentially-sunlit, │
│ In-shade, │
│ Algorithms Power model: Huld 2011, Timing : NOAA, Positioning : NOAA, │
│ Incidence : Iqbal, │
│ Constants Solar constant : 1360.8, Perigee : 0.048869, Eccentricity : │
│ 0.03344 │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Reference ─╯
╭──────────────────────╮
│ ⌁ Power │
│ ⅀ N-ary Summation │
│ μ Mean │
│ │
│ │
│ │
╰───────────── Legend ─╯
PV Power series [W] (1/4)
Time ⌁ Power Technology
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:05:59 326.848 cSi:Free standing 2025
⅀ / μ 326.848
PV Power series [W] (2/4)
Time ⌁ Power without Loss ☂ In shade
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:05:59 380.056 False
⅀ / μ 380.056
PV Power series [W] (3/4)
Time ☉ ⛰ Sun-Horizon Position
────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:05:59 Above
⅀ / μ
PV Power series [W] (4/4)
Time Incidence Definition Frequency
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:05:59 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane Single
⅀ / μ
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Angular units ㎭ radians │
│ Location Longitude, Latitude = 0.151, 0.8 │
│ Position Surface Orientation: 3.142, Surface Tilt: 0.611 │
│ Definitions Azimuth origin : North, Zone : UTC, Sun-Horizon Positions: │
│ Above, Low angle, Below, Shading states: Sunlit, Potentially-sunlit, │
│ In-shade, │
│ Algorithms Power model: Huld 2011, Timing : NOAA, Positioning : NOAA, │
│ Incidence : Iqbal, │
│ Constants Solar constant : 1360.8, Perigee : 0.048869, Eccentricity : │
│ 0.03344 │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Reference ─╯
╭───────────────────────────────╮
│ ⌁ Power μ Mean │
│ ☂ In shade │
│ ☉ Sun │
│ ⛰ Horizon │
│ - Loss │
│ ⅀ N-ary Summation │
╰────────────────────── Legend ─╯
PV Power series [W] (1/5)
Time ⌁ Power Technology
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:02 326.662 cSi:Free standing 2025
⅀ / μ 326.662
PV Power series [W] (2/5)
Time ⌁ Power without Loss ％ Efficiency
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:02 379.84 0.981
⅀ / μ 379.84 0.981
PV Power series [W] (3/5)
Time % System Efficiency ☂ In shade
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:02 0.86 False
⅀ / μ 0.86
PV Power series [W] (4/5)
Time ☉ ⛰ Sun-Horizon Position
────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:02 Above
⅀ / μ
PV Power series [W] (5/5)
Time Incidence Definition Frequency
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:02 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane Single
⅀ / μ
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Angular units ㎭ radians │
│ Location Longitude, Latitude = 0.151, 0.8 │
│ Position Surface Orientation: 3.142, Surface Tilt: 0.611 │
│ Definitions Azimuth origin : North, Zone : UTC, Sun-Horizon Positions: │
│ Above, Low angle, Below, Shading states: Sunlit, Potentially-sunlit, │
│ In-shade, │
│ Algorithms Power model: Huld 2011, Timing : NOAA, Positioning : NOAA, │
│ Incidence : Iqbal, │
│ Constants Solar constant : 1360.8, Perigee : 0.048869, Eccentricity : │
│ 0.03344 │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Reference ─╯
╭──────────────────────────────────────╮
│ ⌁ Power ⅀ N-ary Summation │
│ ％ Percentage μ Mean │
│ ☂ In shade │
│ ☉ Sun │
│ ⛰ Horizon │
│ - Loss │
╰───────────────────────────── Legend ─╯
PV Power & effective components series [W] (1/12)
Time ⌁ Power Technology
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:05 326.475 cSi:Free standing 2025
⅀ / μ 326.475
PV Power & effective components series [W] (2/12)
Time ⌁ Power without Loss ％ Efficiency
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:05 379.622 0.981
⅀ / μ 379.622 0.981
PV Power & effective components series [W]
(3/12)
Time % System Efficiency
───────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:05 0.86
⅀ / μ 0.86
PV Power & effective components series [W] (4/12)
Time ⭍ Effective Global Irradiance
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:05 379.622
⅀ / μ 379.622
PV Power & effective components series [W] (5/12)
Time ⭍ Effective Direct Irradiance
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:05 325.488
⅀ / μ 325.488
PV Power & effective components series [W] (6/12)
Time ⭍ Effective Diffuse Irradiance
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:05 46.981
⅀ / μ 46.981
PV Power & effective components series [W] (7/12)
Time ⭍ Effective Ground Reflected Irradiance
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:05 7.153
⅀ / μ 7.153
PV Power & effective components series [W]
(8/12)
Time ± Spectral Effect
─────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:05 0.0
⅀ / μ 0.0
PV Power & effective components series [W] (9/12)
Time ± ％ Spectral Effect Percentage
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:05 0.0
⅀ / μ 0.0
PV Power & effective components series [W] (10/12)
Time * Spectral factor ☂ In shade
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:05 1.0 False
⅀ / μ 1.0
PV Power & effective components series [W] (11/12)
Time ☉ ⛰ Sun-Horizon Position
────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:05 Above
⅀ / μ
PV Power & effective components series [W] (12/12)
Time Incidence Definition Frequency
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:05 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane Single
⅀ / μ
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Angular units ㎭ radians │
│ Location Longitude, Latitude = 0.151, 0.8 │
│ Position Surface Orientation: 3.142, Surface Tilt: 0.611 │
│ Definitions Azimuth origin : North, Zone : UTC, Sun-Horizon Positions: │
│ Above, Low angle, Below, Shading states: Sunlit, Potentially-sunlit, │
│ In-shade, │
│ Algorithms Power model: Huld 2011, Timing : NOAA, Positioning : NOAA, │
│ Incidence : Iqbal, │
│ Constants Solar constant : 1360.8, Perigee : 0.048869, Eccentricity : │
│ 0.03344 │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Reference ─╯
╭──────────────────────────────────────╮
│ ⌁ Power ⛰ Horizon │
│ ％ Percentage - Loss │
│ ⭍ Effective ⅀ N-ary Summation │
│ ± Plus Minus μ Mean │
│ ☂ In shade │
│ ☉ Sun │
╰───────────────────────────── Legend ─╯
PV Power & effective components series [W] (1/15)
Time ⌁ Power Technology
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:08 326.291 cSi:Free standing 2025
⅀ / μ 326.291
PV Power & effective components series [W] (2/15)
Time ⌁ Power without Loss ％ Efficiency
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:08 379.408 0.981
⅀ / μ 379.408 0.981
PV Power & effective components series [W]
(3/15)
Time % System Efficiency
───────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:08 0.86
⅀ / μ 0.86
PV Power & effective components series [W] (4/15)
Time ⭍ Effective Global Irradiance
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:08 379.408
⅀ / μ 379.408
PV Power & effective components series [W] (5/15)
Time ⭍ Effective Direct Irradiance
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:08 325.288
⅀ / μ 325.288
PV Power & effective components series [W] (6/15)
Time ⭍ Effective Diffuse Irradiance
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:08 46.969
⅀ / μ 46.969
PV Power & effective components series [W] (7/15)
Time ⭍ Effective Ground Reflected Irradiance
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:08 7.15
⅀ / μ 7.15
PV Power & effective components series [W]
(8/15)
Time ± Spectral Effect
─────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:08 0.0
⅀ / μ 0.0
PV Power & effective components series [W] (9/15)
Time ± ％ Spectral Effect Percentage
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:08 0.0
⅀ / μ 0.0
PV Power & effective components series [W] (10/15)
Time * Spectral factor ∡ Global Inclined Irradiance
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:08 1.0 386.592
⅀ / μ 1.0 386.592
PV Power & effective components series [W] (11/15)
Time ∡ Direct Inclined Irradiance
────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:08 331.447
⅀ / μ 331.447
PV Power & effective components series [W] (12/15)
Time ∡ Diffuse Inclined Irradiance
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:08 47.859
⅀ / μ 47.859
PV Power & effective components series [W] (13/15)
Time ∡ Ground Reflected Inclined Irradiance
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:08 7.286
⅀ / μ 7.286
PV Power & effective components series [W] (14/15)
Time ☂ In shade ☉ ⛰ Sun-Horizon Position
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:08 False Above
⅀ / μ
PV Power & effective components series [W] (15/15)
Time Incidence Definition Frequency
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:08 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane Single
⅀ / μ
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Angular units ㎭ radians │
│ Location Longitude, Latitude = 0.151, 0.8 │
│ Position Surface Orientation: 3.142, Surface Tilt: 0.611 │
│ Definitions Azimuth origin : North, Zone : UTC, Sun-Horizon Positions: │
│ Above, Low angle, Below, Shading states: Sunlit, Potentially-sunlit, │
│ In-shade, │
│ Algorithms Power model: Huld 2011, Timing : NOAA, Positioning : NOAA, │
│ Incidence : Iqbal, │
│ Constants Solar constant : 1360.8, Perigee : 0.048869, Eccentricity : │
│ 0.03344 │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Reference ─╯
╭──────────────────────────────────────╮
│ ⌁ Power ☉ Sun │
│ ％ Percentage ⛰ Horizon │
│ ⭍ Effective - Loss │
│ ± Plus Minus ⅀ N-ary Summation │
│ ∡ Tilt μ Mean │
│ ☂ In shade │
╰───────────────────────────── Legend ─╯
PV Power, in-plane irradiance before reflectivity series [W] (1/8)
Power w/o
Time Power Technology Loss
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:11 326.107 cSi:Free standing 2025 379.195
⅀ / μ 326.107 379.195
PV Power, in-plane irradiance before reflectivity series [W] (2/8)
Sys Eff Glob
Time Efficiency Efficiency Irr Eff Dir Irr
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:11 0.981 0.86 379.195 325.089
⅀ / μ 0.981 0.86 379.195 325.089
PV Power, in-plane irradiance before reflectivity series [W]
(3/8)
Eff Diff Eff Ground
Time Irr Reflected Irr Spec Effect
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:11 46.958 7.148 0.0
⅀ / μ 46.958 7.148 0.0
PV Power, in-plane irradiance before reflectivity series [W] (4/8)
Spec Effect Glob Incl Dir Incl
Time % Spec factor Irr Irr
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:11 0.0 1.0 386.371 331.241
⅀ / μ 0.0 1.0 386.371 331.241
PV Power, in-plane irradiance before reflectivity series [W] (5/8)
Diff Incl Ground Incl Glob Incl
Time Irr Reflected Irr Irr Bef Refl
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:11 47.847 7.283 416.218
⅀ / μ 47.847 7.283 416.218
PV Power, in-plane irradiance before reflectivity
series [W] (6/8)
Dir Incl Diff Incl
Time Irr Bef Refl Irr Bef Refl
───────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:11 359.563 48.382
⅀ / μ 359.563 48.382
PV Power, in-plane irradiance before reflectivity series [W] (7/8)
Ground Incl
Time Reflected Irr Bef Refl In shade Sun-Hor Pos
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:11 8.273 False Above
⅀ / μ 8.273
PV Power, in-plane irradiance before reflectivity series [W]
(8/8)
Incidence
Time Definition Frequency
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
2026-08-07 16:06:11 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane Single
⅀ / μ
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Angular units ㎭ radians │
│ Location Longitude, Latitude = 0.151, 0.8 │
│ Position Surface Orientation: 3.142, Surface Tilt: 0.611 │
│ Definitions Azimuth origin : North, Zone : UTC, Sun-Horizon Positions: │
│ Above, Low angle, Below, Shading states: Sunlit, Potentially-sunlit, │
│ In-shade, │
│ Algorithms Power model: Huld 2011, Timing : NOAA, Positioning : NOAA, │
│ Incidence : Iqbal, │
│ Constants Solar constant : 1360.8, Perigee : 0.048869, Eccentricity : │
│ 0.03344 │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Reference ─╯
╭──────────────────────────────────────╮
│ ⌁ Power ☂ In shade │
│ ％ Percentage ⛰ Horizon │
│ ⭍ Effective - Loss │
│ ± Plus Minus ⅀ N-ary Summation │
│ ∡ Tilt μ Mean │
│ ☉ Sun │
╰───────────────────────────── Legend ─╯
Index¶
Indexing can make it easier to spot a line of interest in the output table.
We can ask for it via --index or simply -i
pvgis power broadband \
8.628 45.812 214 180 35 \
--start-time '2010-01-27' \
--end-time '2010-01-28' \
-vv \
--index
PV Power series [W] (1/4)
Index Time ⌁ Power Technology
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
1 2010-01-27 00:00:00 0.0 cSi:Free standing 2025
2 2010-01-27 01:00:00 0.0 cSi:Free standing 2025
3 2010-01-27 02:00:00 0.0 cSi:Free standing 2025
4 2010-01-27 03:00:00 0.0 cSi:Free standing 2025
5 2010-01-27 04:00:00 0.0 cSi:Free standing 2025
6 2010-01-27 05:00:00 0.0 cSi:Free standing 2025
7 2010-01-27 06:00:00 0.0 cSi:Free standing 2025
8 2010-01-27 07:00:00 0.0 cSi:Free standing 2025
9 2010-01-27 08:00:00 310.866 cSi:Free standing 2025
10 2010-01-27 09:00:00 514.888 cSi:Free standing 2025
11 2010-01-27 10:00:00 652.573 cSi:Free standing 2025
12 2010-01-27 11:00:00 724.739 cSi:Free standing 2025
13 2010-01-27 12:00:00 732.978 cSi:Free standing 2025
14 2010-01-27 13:00:00 677.513 cSi:Free standing 2025
15 2010-01-27 14:00:00 557.029 cSi:Free standing 2025
16 2010-01-27 15:00:00 370.073 cSi:Free standing 2025
17 2010-01-27 16:00:00 119.221 cSi:Free standing 2025
18 2010-01-27 17:00:00 0.0 cSi:Free standing 2025
19 2010-01-27 18:00:00 0.0 cSi:Free standing 2025
20 2010-01-27 19:00:00 0.0 cSi:Free standing 2025
21 2010-01-27 20:00:00 0.0 cSi:Free standing 2025
22 2010-01-27 21:00:00 0.0 cSi:Free standing 2025
23 2010-01-27 22:00:00 0.0 cSi:Free standing 2025
24 2010-01-27 23:00:00 0.0 cSi:Free standing 2025
25 2010-01-28 00:00:00 0.0 cSi:Free standing 2025
⅀ / μ 4659.88
PV Power series [W] (2/4)
Index Time ⌁ Power without Loss ☂ In shade
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
1 2010-01-27 00:00:00 0.0 True
2 2010-01-27 01:00:00 0.0 True
3 2010-01-27 02:00:00 0.0 True
4 2010-01-27 03:00:00 0.0 True
5 2010-01-27 04:00:00 0.0 True
6 2010-01-27 05:00:00 0.0 True
7 2010-01-27 06:00:00 0.0 True
8 2010-01-27 07:00:00 0.0 False
9 2010-01-27 08:00:00 361.472 False
10 2010-01-27 09:00:00 598.707 False
11 2010-01-27 10:00:00 758.806 False
12 2010-01-27 11:00:00 842.72 False
13 2010-01-27 12:00:00 852.3 False
14 2010-01-27 13:00:00 787.806 False
15 2010-01-27 14:00:00 647.708 False
16 2010-01-27 15:00:00 430.318 False
17 2010-01-27 16:00:00 138.629 False
18 2010-01-27 17:00:00 0.0 True
19 2010-01-27 18:00:00 0.0 True
20 2010-01-27 19:00:00 0.0 True
21 2010-01-27 20:00:00 0.0 True
22 2010-01-27 21:00:00 0.0 True
23 2010-01-27 22:00:00 0.0 True
24 2010-01-27 23:00:00 0.0 True
25 2010-01-28 00:00:00 0.0 True
⅀ / μ 5418.466
PV Power series [W] (3/4)
Index Time ☉ ⛰ Sun-Horizon Position
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
1 2010-01-27 00:00:00 Below
2 2010-01-27 01:00:00 Below
3 2010-01-27 02:00:00 Below
4 2010-01-27 03:00:00 Below
5 2010-01-27 04:00:00 Below
6 2010-01-27 05:00:00 Below
7 2010-01-27 06:00:00 Below
8 2010-01-27 07:00:00 Low angle
9 2010-01-27 08:00:00 Above
10 2010-01-27 09:00:00 Above
11 2010-01-27 10:00:00 Above
12 2010-01-27 11:00:00 Above
13 2010-01-27 12:00:00 Above
14 2010-01-27 13:00:00 Above
15 2010-01-27 14:00:00 Above
16 2010-01-27 15:00:00 Above
17 2010-01-27 16:00:00 Above
18 2010-01-27 17:00:00 Below
19 2010-01-27 18:00:00 Below
20 2010-01-27 19:00:00 Below
21 2010-01-27 20:00:00 Below
22 2010-01-27 21:00:00 Below
23 2010-01-27 22:00:00 Below
24 2010-01-27 23:00:00 Below
25 2010-01-28 00:00:00 Below
⅀ / μ
PV Power series [W] (4/4)
Index Time Incidence Definition Frequency
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
1 2010-01-27 00:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
2 2010-01-27 01:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
3 2010-01-27 02:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
4 2010-01-27 03:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
5 2010-01-27 04:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
6 2010-01-27 05:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
7 2010-01-27 06:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
8 2010-01-27 07:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
9 2010-01-27 08:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
10 2010-01-27 09:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
11 2010-01-27 10:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
12 2010-01-27 11:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
13 2010-01-27 12:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
14 2010-01-27 13:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
15 2010-01-27 14:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
16 2010-01-27 15:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
17 2010-01-27 16:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
18 2010-01-27 17:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
19 2010-01-27 18:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
20 2010-01-27 19:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
21 2010-01-27 20:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
22 2010-01-27 21:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
23 2010-01-27 22:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
24 2010-01-27 23:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
25 2010-01-28 00:00:00 Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane h
⅀ / μ
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Angular units ㎭ radians │
│ Location Longitude, Latitude = 0.151, 0.8 │
│ Position Surface Orientation: 3.142, Surface Tilt: 0.611 │
│ Definitions Azimuth origin : North, Zone : UTC, Sun-Horizon Positions: │
│ Above, Low angle, Below, Shading states: Sunlit, Potentially-sunlit, │
│ In-shade, │
│ Algorithms Power model: Huld 2011, Timing : NOAA, Positioning : NOAA, │
│ Incidence : Iqbal, │
│ Constants Solar constant : 1360.8, Perigee : 0.048869, Eccentricity : │
│ 0.03344 │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Reference ─╯
╭───────────────────────────────╮
│ ⌁ Power μ Mean │
│ ☂ In shade │
│ ☉ Sun │
│ ⛰ Horizon │
│ - Loss │
│ ⅀ N-ary Summation │
╰────────────────────── Legend ─╯
Quiet¶
Need to silence (a) long time series output ?
Printing very long time series in the terminal is rather impractical,
aside that it takes quite some time for the print-out.
To work-around this inconvenience,
there is a --quiet flag which will ommit the print out altogether.
This option may be useful for timing the duration of processes or printing a plot of the output or metadata of the command itself.
Duration of command execution¶
We can time the duration of a command that processes a long time series using
the terminal's built-in function time :
time \
pvgis power broadband \
8 45 214 167 \
--start-time '2000-01-01' \
--end-time '2020-12-31' \
--quiet
Debugging¶
Using -vvvvvvvv (that is 8 vs!) in (almost!) every command,
will print the complete set of local variables
relevant to the API function called from the invoked command line tool.