Sky Imager-Based Forecast of Solar Irradiance Using Machine Learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.17356v1
• Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:44:45 GMT
• Title: Sky Imager-Based Forecast of Solar Irradiance Using Machine Learning
• Authors: Anas Al-lahham, Obaidah Theeb, Khaled Elalem, Tariq A. Alshawi, Saleh A. Alshebeili
• Abstract summary: This paper presents a new approach to estimate short-term solar irradiance from sky images. The proposed algorithm extracts features from sky images and use learning-based techniques to estimate the solar irradiance. Theperformance of proposed machine learning (ML) algorithm is evaluated using two publicly available datasets of sky images.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Ahead-of-time forecasting of the output power of power plants is essential for the stability of the electricity grid and ensuring uninterrupted service. However, forecasting renewable energy sources is difficult due to the chaotic behavior of natural energy sources. This paper presents a new approach to estimate short-term solar irradiance from sky images. The~proposed algorithm extracts features from sky images and use learning-based techniques to estimate the solar irradiance. The~performance of proposed machine learning (ML) algorithm is evaluated using two publicly available datasets of sky images. The~datasets contain over 350,000 images for an interval of 16 years, from 2004 to 2020, with the corresponding global horizontal irradiance (GHI) of each image as the ground truth. Compared to the state-of-the-art computationally heavy algorithms proposed in the literature, our approach achieves competitive results with much less computational complexity for both nowcasting and forecasting up to 4 h ahead of time.

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