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One-step ahead short-term hourly global solar radiation forecasting with a dynamical system based on classification of days

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  • Huang, Jing
  • Yuan, Chengxu
  • Boland, John
  • Guo, Su
  • Liu, Weidong

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The data-driven method is a common approach to solar irradiation prediction. However, its weakness is that it is highly dependent on the characteristics of the prior data, which leads to a lag delay in forecasting. Therefore, this paper proposes a prediction model that considers data-driven, data-cycle variations, and statistical information for solving such problems. Firstly, the periodicity of the data is removed using the Fourier transform. Secondly, monthly daily characterization matrices are constructed to predict from a global perspective without including information from previous time series. Finally, the coupled autoregressive and dynamical system (CARDS) model is improved using the identity matrix. Comparing the model proposed in this paper with seven other popular prediction models, the error can be reduced by 30.2 % on average at four locations in the northern and southern hemispheres. Moreover, the proposed model does not increase the computational burden of existing models.

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  • Huang, Jing & Yuan, Chengxu & Boland, John & Guo, Su & Liu, Weidong, 2024. "One-step ahead short-term hourly global solar radiation forecasting with a dynamical system based on classification of days," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 237(PB).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:237:y:2024:i:pb:s0960148124017075
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2024.121639
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