Development

Timeline

Date & Time Event / Milestone
2021-11-01 09:30 Assess the state of PVGIS ≤ 5.2
2022-07-01 17:30 Finalise the assessment of PVGIS ≤ 5.2
2022-09-26 14:30 "State & Future of PVGIS", internal presentation
2023-04-01 15:30 Discuss and plan a feasibility study
2023-05-01 09:30 Launch the production of a Proof-of-Concept
2023-06-01 09:30 Create Git repository athttps://gitlab.jrc.ec.europa.eu
2023-06-15 10:30 Open first issue: "Rewrite PVGIS"
2023-11-01 09:45 Prototype solar positioning based on NOAA’s solar geometry equations & NumPy (~120 sec run time)
2023-11-09 09:00 Meeting with CM-SAF Team (DWD): "Chunking for large time series"
2023-11-16 10:30 Proof-of-Concept Modern PVGIS—internal presentation
2023-12-10 22:46 Model photovoltaic power (1 year, NumPy), duration: 150 sec
2023-12-10 22:12 Vectorise solar positioning functions & accelerate PV power modelling (1 year), duration: ~2.5 sec
2023-12-19 10:30 Proof-of-Concept Modern PVGIS, presentation at DWD, Germany
2024-03-16 05:53 Enhance PV power modelling: ~3.5 sec for 15 years of hourly data
2024-04-18 11:00 Introduce testing framework
2024-05-24 15:09 Run 335,336 automated tests for solar positioning
2024-06-27 08:00 Integrate new features in Web API (QR code, fingerprint)
2024-06-28 10:00 "PVGIS 6, A bit more than a Poof-of-Concept", internal presentation
2024-08-30 14:16 Optimise PV power modelling via Web API, duration: < 1 sec
2024-10-02 10:00 "PVGIS 6, Nearing an αlpha Version", internal presentation
2024-10-22 14:00 Issue count in GitLab: ~200
2024-11-04 11:00 Run 141,246 automated tests for optimal surface positioning
2024-11-06 10:10 "PVGIS 6", presentation at Digital Stakeholder Forum, DIGIT, EC
2025-01-29 13:00 "SARAH data in PVGIS, Past, present & future", CM-SAF Workshop (DWD)
2025-06-30 14:49 Static Analysis & Vulnerability Assessment Report, Security Assurance, DIGIT, EC
2025-07-04 11:36 Intellectual Property Clearance: Publish source code under EUPL 1.2 license, IPR, EC
2025-07-16 10:00 "PVGIS Version 6", final internal presentation of a PoC