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Precision

Rounding decimals

For detailed outputs obtained via the verbosity flag/s, we can ask to round the output values down to a specific number of decimals

pvgis-prototype power broadband \
8.628 45.812 214 180 45 \
'2010-01-27 12:00:00' \
-v \
--rounding-places 3
        Power series [W]         

  Time                  Power ⌁  
 ─────────────────────────────── 
  2010-01-27 12:00:00   756.843  

  ⅀ / μ                 756.843  

╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ ╭──────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Location  Longitude ϑ, Latitude ϕ = 0.151, 0.8, Elevation: 214.0 m                    │ │  ⌁  Power        ⦥  Tilt             │
│ Position  Surface Orientation ↻: 3.142, Surface Tilt ⦥: 0.785   Angular units radians │ │  ⏲  Timing       ⭸  Incidence        │
│ Definitions  UTC, Incidence angle: Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane,                       │ │  ⯐  Positioning  ⅀  N-ary Summation  │
│ Algorithms  Timing : NOAA, Positioning : NOAA, Incidence : Iqbal                      │ │  ↻  Orientation  μ  Mean             │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Reference ─╯ ╰───────────────────────────── Legend ─╯

or even

pvgis-prototype power broadband \
8.628 45.812 214 180 45 \
'2010-01-27 12:00:00' \
-vvv \
--rounding-places 1
                                                                        Power series [W]                                                                        

                                  Power ⌁               Extra     Linke      Refrac…                                                                            
                                  without    Efficie…   Normal    Turbidi…   alt. ⦧    Altitude   Incide…   Sun-Hor…   Shading   In-shade   Horizon   Visible   
  Time                  Power ⌁   Loss       ⋅          ⍖ ⦜       ⋅          ⦩         ⦩          ⭸         ⛰          state 🮞   🮞          ⛰         👁         
 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 
  2010-01-27 12:00:00   756.8     880.0      0.9        1402.4    2.0        25.4      0.4        1.2       Above      Sunlit    False      0.0       True      

  ⅀ / μ                 756.8     880.0      0.88332…   1402.4                                                                                                  

╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Location  Longitude ϑ, Latitude ϕ = 0.2, 0.8, Elevation: 214.0 m                                                                                │
│ Position  Surface Orientation ↻: 3.1, Surface Tilt ⦥: 0.8   Angular units radians                                                               │
│ Module  Type: Mono-Facial, Technology: cSi, Mount: Free standing, Peak Power: 1.0 kWp                                                           │
│ Definitions  Azimuth origin : Not Required!, UTC, Incidence angle: Sun-Vector-to-Surface-Plane, Sun-to-Horizon: ['Above', 'Low angle', 'Below'] │
│ Algorithms  Power model ⌁: Huld 2011, Timing : NOAA, Positioning : NOAA, Incidence : Iqbal, Shading : PVGIS, Shading states : ['all']           │
│ Radiation model ⸾ : Hofierka 2002, Irradiance units W                                                                                           │
│ Equation : P(G₀, T₀) = G₀(P₀ₛₜ₃, m + k₁G₀) + k₂G₀)² + k₃T₀ + k₄T₀G₀ + k₅T₀G₀² + k₆T₀²                                                           │
│ Constants Solar constant : 1367.0                                                                                                               │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Reference ─╯
╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮                                                                                          
│  ⌁  Power         ⯐  Positioning  ⅀  N-ary Summation  │                                                                                          
│  ⸾  Irradiance    ⛰  Horizon      μ  Mean             │                                                                                          
│  -  Loss          ↻  Orientation                      │                                                                                          
│  ⍖  Extra Normal  ⦥  Tilt                             │                                                                                          
│  ⦜  Normal        ⭸  Incidence                        │                                                                                          
│  ⏲  Timing        👁  Visible                          │                                                                                          
│  ⦩  Altitude      🮞  Shading                          │                                                                                          
│  󱦥  Azimuth       ⋅  Factor                           │                                                                                          
╰────────────────────────────────────────────── Legend ─╯                                                                                          

Higher precision

Do you really need higher precision? Head over to the NumPy section.