Journal
SOLAR ENERGY
Volume 111, Issue -, Pages 297-312Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.10.036
Keywords
Solar irradiance; Forecast; Neural network; MOS; Ensemble
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- Lazio Region
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In the paper two models implemented to forecast the hourly solar irradiance with a day in advance are described. The models, based on Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), are generated by a master optimization process that defines the best number of neurons and selects a suitable ensemble of ANN. The two models consist of a Statistical (ST) model that uses only local measured data and a Model Output Statistics (MOS) that corrects Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) data. ST and MOS are tested for the University of Rome Tor Vergata site. The models are trained and validated using one year data. Through a cross training procedure, the dependence of the models on the training year is also analyzed. The performance of ST, NWP and MOS models, together with the benchmark Persistence Model (PM), are compared. The ST model and the NWP model exhibit similar results. Nevertheless different sources of forecast errors between ST and NWP models are identified. The MOS model gives the best performance, improving the forecast of approximately 29% with respect to the PM. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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