Which method does honeybee assign to use for modeling Solar PV cell temperature

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Hi @chris, I was wondering if you could tell me which of the 5 available energy plus methods for modelling cell temperature is assigned by the photovoltaics component in honeybee?

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hi,@Nicholaskerr

In Honeybee, the Photovoltaic components use the PVWatts calculator to make a simple estimation of solar energy. You can clearly obtain this answer in the Ladybug Tools SDK documentation.

For PVWatts, NREL has a very detailed technical document available for reference. In the Thermal Model chapter, calculations related to battery temperature are introduced.

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zhengrong

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Fantastic, thank you!