Open-source sky image datasets for solar forecasting with deep learning: A comprehensive survey

Y Nie, X Li, Q Paletta, M Aragon, A Scott… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sky image-based solar forecasting using deep learning has been recognized as a
promising approach in reducing the uncertainty of solar power generation. However, a major …

A Review of Solar Forecasting Techniques and the Role of Artificial Intelligence

K Barhmi, C Heynen, S Golroodbari, W van Sark - Solar, 2024 - mdpi.com
Solar energy forecasting is essential for the effective integration of solar power into electricity
grids and the optimal management of renewable energy resources. Distinguishing itself from …

[HTML][HTML] Improving cross-site generalisability of vision-based solar forecasting models with physics-informed transfer learning

Q Paletta, Y Nie, YM Saint-Drenan… - Energy Conversion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Forecasting solar energy from cloud cover observations is crucial to truly anticipate future
changes in power supply. On an intra-hour timescale, ground-level sky cameras located …

[HTML][HTML] SkyGPT: Probabilistic ultra-short-term solar forecasting using synthetic sky images from physics-constrained VideoGPT

Y Nie, E Zelikman, A Scott, Q Paletta… - Advances in Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
The variability of solar photovoltaic (PV) power output, driven by rapidly changing cloud
dynamics, hinders the transition to reliable renewable energy systems. Information on future …

[HTML][HTML] Sky image-based solar forecasting using deep learning with heterogeneous multi-location data: Dataset fusion versus transfer learning

Y Nie, Q Paletta, A Scott, LM Pomares, G Arbod… - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar forecasting from ground-based sky images has shown great promise in reducing the
uncertainty in solar power generation. With more and more sky image datasets available in …

Improved satellite-based intra-day solar forecasting with a chain of deep learning models

S Chen, C Li, R Stull, M Li - Energy Conversion and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Satellite data and satellite-derived irradiance products have been extensively used in solar
forecasting to better capture the spatio-temporal variations of solar irradiance. However, the …

On the use of sky images for intra-hour solar forecasting benchmarking: Comparison of indirect and direct approaches

G Ruan, X Chen, EG Lim, L Fang, Q Su, L Jiang, Y Du - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The transient stability of the grid is challenged by short-term photovoltaic output fluctuations,
which are mainly caused by local clouds. To address this issue, intra-hour solar forecasting …

[HTML][HTML] Probabilistic load forecasting for integrated energy systems using attentive quantile regression temporal convolutional network

H Guo, B Huang, J Wang - Advances in Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The burgeoning proliferation of integrated energy systems has fostered an unprecedented
degree of coupling among various energy streams, thereby elevating the necessity for …

Capturing the diversity of mesoscale trade wind cumuli using complementary approaches from self‐supervised deep learning

D Chatterjee, S Schnitt, P Bigalke… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
At mesoscale, trade wind clouds organize with various spatial arrangements, shaping their
effect on Earth's energy budget. Representing their fine‐scale dynamics even at 1 km scale …

Effectiveness of forecasters based on Neural Networks for Energy Management in Zero Energy Buildings

IA Hernandez-Robles, X González-Ramírez… - Energy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Energy management is an important challenge in Zero Energy Buildings (ZEB) with
Photovoltaic (PV) generation systems. Measuring, Forecasting and Controlling Energy are …