Energies,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
11(10), P. 2725 - 2725
Published: Oct. 11, 2018
The
unpredictability
of
intermittent
renewable
energy
(RE)
sources
(solar
and
wind)
constitutes
reliability
challenges
for
utilities
whose
goal
is
to
match
electricity
supply
consumer
demands
across
centralized
grid
networks.
Thus,
balancing
the
variable
increasing
power
inputs
from
plants
with
becomes
a
fundamental
issue
transmission
system
operators.
As
result,
forecasting
techniques
have
obtained
paramount
importance.
This
work
aims
at
exploiting
simplicity,
fast
computational
good
generalization
capability
Extreme
Learning
Machines
(ELMs)
in
providing
accurate
24
h-ahead
solar
photovoltaic
(PV)
production
predictions.
ELM
architecture
firstly
optimized,
e.g.,
terms
number
hidden
neurons,
historical
radiations
ambient
temperatures
(embedding
dimension)
required
training
model,
then
it
used
online
predict
PV
productions.
investigated
model
applied
real
case
study
264
kWp
installed
on
roof
Faculty
Engineering
Applied
Science
Private
University
(ASU),
Amman,
Jordan.
Results
showed
predictions
that
are
slightly
more
negligible
efforts
compared
Back
Propagation
Artificial
Neural
Network
(BP-ANN)
which
currently
adopted
by
owners
prediction
task.
Energy Reports,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
8, P. 1087 - 1095
Published: March 14, 2022
Solar
energy
has
received
increasing
attention
as
renewable
clean
in
recent
years.
Power
grid
operators
and
researchers
widely
value
probabilistic
solar
irradiance
forecasting
because
it
can
provide
uncertainty
measurement
for
future
PV
production.
This
paper
proposes
a
prediction
model
of
based
on
XGBoost.
Specifically,
after
data
preprocessing,
historical
is
utilized
training
point
Since
XGBoost
obtained
by
minimizing
the
residuals
successive
iterations
multiple
trees,
when
predicting
at
certain
time
future,
these
trees
generate
predicted
values
iteratively.
Finally,
kernel
density
estimation
method
applied
to
transform
above
results
probability
intervals
under
different
confidence
levels.
Experimental
public
sets
show
that
this
better
accuracy
than
other
benchmark
algorithms.
The
experiment
also
shows
proposed
requires
less
simple
parameter
adjustment,
which
very
suitable
application
engineering
practice.
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
59, P. 104459 - 104459
Published: May 1, 2024
Solar
photovoltaic
(PV)
panels
play
a
crucial
role
in
sustainable
energy
generation,
yet
their
power
output
often
faces
uncertainties
due
to
dynamic
weather
conditions.
In
this
study,
comparative
machine
learning
approach
is
introduced,
utilizing
multivariate
regression
(MR),
support
vector
(SVMR),
and
Gaussian
(GR)
techniques
for
precise
solar
PV
panel
prediction.
The
investigation
into
the
impact
of
environmental
factors—solar
radiation,
ambient
temperature,
relative
humidity—on
reveals
superior
predictive
capabilities
SVMR
models.
With
mean
squared
error
(MSE)
0.038,
absolute
(MAE)
0.17,
an
R2
value
0.99,
outperforms
GR
MR
Conversely,
demonstrates
comparatively
weaker
performance,
yielding
0.88,
MSE
0.49,
MAE
0.63.
This
research
underscores
reliability
enhanced
accuracy
proposed
model
forecasting
output.
outcomes
presented
herein
carry
significant
implications
promoting
widespread
adoption
electricity
particularly
challenging
findings
offer
valuable
insights
optimizing
deployment,
ultimately
contributing
expansion
generation
national
landscape.
Moreover,
analysis
provides
how
anticipated
can
adapt
varying
conditions,
encompassing
factors
such
as
humidity,
radiation.
Energies,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
17(16), P. 4145 - 4145
Published: Aug. 20, 2024
The
intermittent
and
stochastic
nature
of
Renewable
Energy
Sources
(RESs)
necessitates
accurate
power
production
prediction
for
effective
scheduling
grid
management.
This
paper
presents
a
comprehensive
review
conducted
with
reference
to
pioneering,
comprehensive,
data-driven
framework
proposed
solar
Photovoltaic
(PV)
generation
prediction.
systematic
integrating
comprises
three
main
phases
carried
out
by
seven
modules
addressing
numerous
practical
difficulties
the
task:
phase
I
handles
aspects
related
data
acquisition
(module
1)
manipulation
2)
in
preparation
development
scheme;
II
tackles
associated
model
3)
assessment
its
accuracy
4),
including
quantification
uncertainty
5);
III
evolves
towards
enhancing
incorporating
context
change
detection
6)
incremental
learning
when
new
become
available
7).
adeptly
addresses
all
facets
PV
prediction,
bridging
existing
gaps
offering
solution
inherent
challenges.
By
seamlessly
these
elements,
our
approach
stands
as
robust
versatile
tool
precision
real-world
applications.
IEEE Access,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
7, P. 81741 - 81758
Published: Jan. 1, 2019
The
use
of
data-driven
ensemble
approaches
for
the
prediction
solar
Photovoltaic
(PV)
power
production
is
promising
due
to
their
capability
handling
intermittent
nature
energy
source.
In
this
work,
a
comprehensive
approach
composed
by
optimized
and
diversified
Artificial
Neural
Networks
(ANNs)
proposed
improving
24h-ahead
PV
predictions.
ANNs
are
in
terms
number
hidden
neurons
diverse
training
datasets
used
build
ANNs,
resorting
trial-and-error
procedure
BAGGING
techniques,
respectively.
addition,
Bootstrap
technique
embedded
quantifying
sources
uncertainty
that
affect
models'
predictions
form
Prediction
Intervals
(PIs).
effectiveness
demonstrated
real
case
study
regarding
grid-connected
system
(231
kWac
capacity)
installed
on
rooftop
Faculty
Engineering
at
Applied
Science
Private
University
(ASU),
Amman,
Jordan.
results
show
outperforms
three
benchmark
models,
including
smart
persistence
model
single
ANN
currently
adopted
system's
owner
task,
with
performance
gain
reaches
up
11%,
12%,
9%,
RMSE,
MAE,
WMAE
standard
metrics,
Simultaneously,
has
shown
superior
affecting
predictions,
establishing
slightly
wider
PIs
achieve
highest
confidence
level
84%
predefined
80%
compared
other
literature.
These
enhancements
would,
indeed,
allow
balancing
supplies
demands
across
centralized
grid
networks
through
economic
dispatch
decisions
between
contribute
mix.
Energies,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
13(7), P. 1555 - 1555
Published: March 27, 2020
European
buildings
are
producing
a
massive
amount
of
data
from
wide
spectrum
energy-related
sources,
such
as
smart
meters’
data,
sensors
and
other
Internet
things
devices,
creating
new
research
challenges.
In
this
context,
the
aim
paper
is
to
present
high-level
data-driven
architecture
for
exchange,
management
real-time
processing.
This
multi-disciplinary
big
environment
enables
integration
cross-domain
combined
with
emerging
artificial
intelligence
algorithms
distributed
ledgers
technology.
Semantically
enhanced,
interlinked
multilingual
repositories
heterogeneous
types
coupled
set
visualization,
querying
exploration
tools,
suitable
application
programming
interfaces
(APIs)
well
suite
configurable
ready-to-use
analytical
components
that
implement
series
advanced
machine
learning
deep
algorithms.
The
results
pilot
proposed
framework
presented
discussed.
reliable
effective
policymaking,
supports
creation
exploitation
innovative
energy
efficiency
services
through
utilization
variety
operation
buildings.
IEEE Access,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
8, P. 184475 - 184485
Published: Jan. 1, 2020
The
accurate
forecast
of
wastewater
treatment
plant
(WWTP)
key
features
can
comprehend
and
predict
the
behavior
to
support
process
design
controls,
improve
system
reliability,
reduce
operational
costs,
endorse
optimization
overall
performances.
Deep
learning
technologies
as
proven
data-driven
soft-sensors
should
be
developed
for
WWTP
applications
tackle
non-linearity
dynamic
nature
environmental
data.
This
study
adopts
deep
learning-based
models
features,
such
influent
flow,
temperature,
biochemical
oxygen
demand
(BOD),
effluent
chloride,
BOD,
power
consumption.
We
constructed
six
derived
from
long
short-term
memory
(LSTM)
gated
recurrent
unit
(GRU),
namely
traditional
LSTM
GRU,
exponentially
smoothed
LSTM,
adaptive
version
LSTM.
employment
a
technique
is
expected
outlier
effect
forecasting
accuracy.
Meanwhile,
usage
will
enhance
capabilities
quickly
accurately
follow
trend
future
compared
performance
these
with
Bi-directional
(BiLSTM)
seasonal
decomposition
using
local
regression.
historical
records
coastal
municipal
in
Saudi
Arabia
are
used
verify
investigated
models'
effectiveness.
proposed
provide
promising
results
but
require
no
assumptions
on
data
distributions.
In
terms
efficiency,
GRU
based
converge
faster
than
models.
accuracy,
soft-sensor
shows
optimal
result
all
followed
by
exponentially-smoothed
By
contrast,
achieved
lowest
other
These
findings
benefit
practitioners
achieve
management.