Release v1.3.0 (#90)

* Created whatsnew file for v1.3.0 release * Clean up line breaks
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 These are new features and improvements of note in each release.
 
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 .. include:: whatsnew/v1.2.2.rst
 .. include:: whatsnew/v1.2.1.rst
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+v1.3.0 (November 6, 2019)
+=========================
+
+Enhancements
+------------
+
+pvfactors is now only using timeseries geometries and vectorization for the view factor matrix calculation, even with the full reflection equilibrium mode.
+This resulted in an incredible speed boost, in which 8760 simulations now run in less than 2 seconds when using the full mode (it previously took a couple minutes). So there's not much reason anymore to use the "fast" mode, which is less accurate and not that faster anymore.
+Lots of package clean up and documentation updates in addition to this.
+
+* Create timeseries ground elements (#80)
+* Index all timeseries surfaces (#82)
+* Vectorize calculation of vf matrix (#83)
+* Implement vectorized full mode (#84)
+* Clean up package now that full mode is vectorized (#86)
+* Reorganize geometry sub-package (#87)
+* Add docs section on main concepts (#88)
+* Update docs tutorials (#89)
+
+
+Contributors
+------------
+
+* Marc Anoma (:ghuser:`anomam`)