FLORIS v4.2

[misi9170]

FLORIS v4.2 brings further new features to FLORIS, along with some performance enhancements and bug fixes/minor improvements

New features

• Implement TurbOPark as a Gaussian model by @JasperShell in https://github.com/NREL/floris/pull/907
• Add WRG file support to FLORIS by @paulf81 in https://github.com/NREL/floris/pull/919
• Add gridded layout optimizer by @misi9170 in https://github.com/NREL/floris/pull/976
• New parallel option that is fully consistent with FlorisModel by @misi9170 in https://github.com/NREL/floris/pull/982

Performance enhancements

• Speed up turbine loading operation by @misi9170 in https://github.com/NREL/floris/pull/966

Functional enhancements

• make plotting the points of HetMap optional by @paulf81 in https://github.com/NREL/floris/pull/957
• Add capabilities to parallel_floris_model by @paulf81 in https://github.com/NREL/floris/pull/967
• Add features to UncertainFlorisModel by @paulf81 in https://github.com/NREL/floris/pull/975
• Improved Wind Rose Plot (v2) by @paulf81 and @cfrontin in https://github.com/NREL/floris/pull/969
• Add flow visualization to wake steering example by @misi9170 in https://github.com/NREL/floris/pull/1006

Bug fixes

• [BUGFIX] Fix documentation examples build by @paulf81 in https://github.com/NREL/floris/pull/960
• [BUGFIX] Fix bug in check_turbine example (not resetting operation) by @misi9170 in https://github.com/NREL/floris/pull/962
• [BUGFIX] Gridded layout opt incorrectly generating spanning grid by @misi9170 in https://github.com/NREL/floris/pull/984
• [BUGFIX] Control setpoints and wind data set on FlorisModel copied into ParFlorisModel by @misi9170 in https://github.com/NREL/floris/pull/997
• Set ref wind height to -1 for turboparkgauss.yaml by @paulf81 in https://github.com/NREL/floris/pull/999
• [BUGFIX] Warn users if the turbine_type is set without setting reference_wind_height by @misi9170 in https://github.com/NREL/floris/pull/1000

New Contributors

• @JasperShell made their first contribution in https://github.com/NREL/floris/pull/907
• @cfrontin made their first contribution in https://github.com/NREL/floris/pull/969

Full Changelog: https://github.com/NREL/floris/compare/v4.1.1...v4.2

For NREL use Release checklist:

• Update the version in
  • [x] README.md
  • [x] floris/VERSION
• [x] Verify docs builds correctly
• [x] Create a tag in the NREL/FLORIS repository