From 1b483641b275d35043444b4142b8ecbff7a03a1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pvlib-benchmarker <77211855+Naman-Priyadarshi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 17:40:04 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Update Solarposition.py

Removed **kwargs from pvlib.solarposition.spa_python
---
 pvlib/solarposition.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pvlib/solarposition.py b/pvlib/solarposition.py
index 0e4a120e6e..93465607bb 100644
--- a/pvlib/solarposition.py
+++ b/pvlib/solarposition.py
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ def _spa_python_import(how):
 
 def spa_python(time, latitude, longitude,
                altitude=0, pressure=101325, temperature=12, delta_t=67.0,
-               atmos_refract=None, how='numpy', numthreads=4, **kwargs):
+               atmos_refract=None, how='numpy', numthreads=4):
     """
     Calculate the solar position using a python implementation of the
     NREL SPA algorithm.

From 310c0a521d36ccb97c1f9dbb4547e01b51c5544c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pvlib-benchmarker <77211855+Naman-Priyadarshi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2022 23:38:03 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Added v0.9.2.rst, changes in pvlib/irradiance.py and
 pvlib/location.py

Made new v0.9.2.rst and removed **kwargs from pvlib/irradiance.py (Line 309) and pvlib/location.py (Line 234-235)
---
 docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.2.rst | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 pvlib/irradiance.py                    |  2 +-
 pvlib/location.py                      |  3 +--
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.2.rst

diff --git a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.2.rst b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.2.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7cfc74528a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.2.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+.. _whatsnew_0920:
+
+v0.9.2 (April 5, 2022)
+-----------------------
+
+Deprecations
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Enhancements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+Testing
+~~~~~~~
+
+Documentation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Requirements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Naman Priyadarshi (:ghuser:`Naman-Priyadarshi`)
diff --git a/pvlib/irradiance.py b/pvlib/irradiance.py
index c5c3b1c095..3de4d96f65 100644
--- a/pvlib/irradiance.py
+++ b/pvlib/irradiance.py
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ def get_total_irradiance(surface_tilt, surface_azimuth,
                          dni, ghi, dhi, dni_extra=None, airmass=None,
                          albedo=.25, surface_type=None,
                          model='isotropic',
-                         model_perez='allsitescomposite1990', **kwargs):
+                         model_perez='allsitescomposite1990'):
     r"""
     Determine total in-plane irradiance and its beam, sky diffuse and ground
     reflected components, using the specified sky diffuse irradiance model.
diff --git a/pvlib/location.py b/pvlib/location.py
index 104fccac89..ddd2d1b96a 100644
--- a/pvlib/location.py
+++ b/pvlib/location.py
@@ -231,8 +231,7 @@ def get_clearsky(self, times, model='ineichen', solar_position=None,
             pressure = atmosphere.alt2pres(self.altitude)
 
         if solar_position is None:
-            solar_position = self.get_solarposition(times, pressure=pressure,
-                                                    **kwargs)
+            solar_position = self.get_solarposition(times, pressure=pressure)
 
         apparent_zenith = solar_position['apparent_zenith']
         apparent_elevation = solar_position['apparent_elevation']

From 3a0a8cceb5fd8e06bb6496482afc49151faa176b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Anderson <57452607+kanderso-nrel@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2022 12:27:10 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Update docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.2.rst

---
 docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.2.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.2.rst b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.2.rst
index 7cfc74528a..8dcb3f3138 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.2.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.2.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .. _whatsnew_0920:
 
-v0.9.2 (April 5, 2022)
+v0.9.2 (TBD)
 -----------------------
 
 Deprecations

From e21b0799ef2697f40a0469642e4576acbc3fedd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Anderson <57452607+kanderso-nrel@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2022 12:27:15 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Update docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.2.rst

---
 docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.2.rst | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.2.rst b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.2.rst
index 8dcb3f3138..4f2dbce094 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.2.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.2.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ Enhancements
 
 Bug fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
-
+* :py:func:`pvlib.irradiance.get_total_irradiance` and
+  :py:func:`pvlib.solarposition.spa_python` now raise an error instead
+  of silently ignoring unknown parameters (:ghpull:`1437`)
+  
 Testing
 ~~~~~~~