reVX command line tools

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Welcome to the reV <https://natlabrockies.github.io/reV>_ eXchange (reVX) tool!


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reVX command line tools

  • reVX <https://natlabrockies.github.io/reVX/_cli/reVX.html#revx>_
  • reV-rpm <https://natlabrockies.github.io/reVX/_cli/reV-rpm.html#rev-rpm>_
  • reV-plexos <https://natlabrockies.github.io/reVX/_cli/reV-plexos.html>_
  • plexos-plants <https://natlabrockies.github.io/reVX/_cli/plexos-plants.html#plexos-plants>_
  • mean-wind-dirs <https://natlabrockies.github.io/reVX/_cli/mean-wind-dirs.html#mean-wind-dirs>_
  • prominent-wind-dirs <https://natlabrockies.github.io/reVX/_cli/prominent-wind-dirs.html#prominent-wind-dirs>_
  • exclusions (includes setbacks, turbine-flicker, etc.) <https://natlabrockies.github.io/reVX/_cli/exclusions.html#exclusions>_
  • offshore-assembly-areas <https://natlabrockies.github.io/reVX/_cli/offshore-assembly-areas.html#offshore-assembly-areas>_
  • offshore-dist-to-ports <https://natlabrockies.github.io/reVX/_cli/offshore-dist-to-ports.html#offshore-dist-to-ports>_
  • offshore-inputs <https://natlabrockies.github.io/reVX/_cli/offshore-inputs.html#offshore-inputs>_

Installing reVX

NOTE: The installation instruction below assume that you have python installed on your machine and are using conda <https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/index.html>_ as your package/environment manager.

#. Create a new environment: conda create --name revx python=3.11

#. Activate your new environment: conda activate revx

#. Clone the repo: From your home directory /home/{user}/ or another directory that you have permissions in, run the command git clone git@github.com:NatLabRockies/reVX.git and then go into your cloned repository: cd reVX

#. Install reVX: 1) Follow the installation commands installation process that we use for our automated test suite here <https://github.com/NatLabRockies/reVX/blob/main/.github/workflows/pull_request_tests.yml#L33-L36>_. Make sure that you call pip install --no-build-isolation -e . from within the cloned repository directory e.g. /home/{user}/reVX/. Don't forget to run pip install --upgrade setuptools, especially if you run into any build errors.

    - NOTE: If you install using pip and want to run `exclusion setbacks <https://natlabrockies.github.io/reVX/_cli/reVX.exclusions.setbacks.setbacks.html>`_ you will need to install rtree manually:
        * ``conda install rtree``
        * `pip installation instructions <https://pypi.org/project/Rtree/#:~:text=Rtree%20is%20a%20ctypes%20Python,Multi%2Ddimensional%20indexes>`_
    - NOTE: If you install using pip and want to run shadow flicker exclusions, make sure you:
        * Use Python 3.10 or 3.11: ``conda create --name revx python=3.11``
        * Install the ``flicker`` dependency: ``pip install -e .[flicker]``

Recommended Citation

Update with current version and DOI:

Michael Rossol, Grant Buster, and Robert Spencer. The reV eXchange Tool: reVX. https://github.com/NatLabRockies/reVX (version v0.3.20), 2021. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4507580.