On recent advances in PV output power forecast

MQ Raza, M Nadarajah, C Ekanayake - Solar Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
In last decade, the higher penetration of renewable energy resources (RES) in energy
market was encouraged by implementing the energy polices in several developed and …

A review of validation methodologies and statistical performance indicators for modeled solar radiation data: Towards a better bankability of solar projects

CA Gueymard - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
In the context of the current rapid development of large-scale solar power projects, the
accuracy of the modeled radiation datasets regularly used by many different interest groups …

Clear-sky irradiance predictions for solar resource mapping and large-scale applications: Improved validation methodology and detailed performance analysis of 18 …

CA Gueymard - Solar Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
The intrinsic performance of 18 broadband radiative models is assessed, using high-quality
datasets from five sites in widely different climates. The selected models can predict direct …

Preliminary survey on site-adaptation techniques for satellite-derived and reanalysis solar radiation datasets

J Polo, S Wilbert, JA Ruiz-Arias, R Meyer, C Gueymard… - Solar Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
At any site, the bankability of a projected solar power plant largely depends on the accuracy
and general quality of the solar radiation data generated during the solar resource …

Expert quality control of solar radiation ground data sets

A Forstinger, S Wilbert, AR Jensen, B Kraas… - SWC 2021: ISES Solar …, 2021 - orbit.dtu.dk
Ground-based radiation measurements are required for all large solar projects and for
evaluating the accuracy of solar radiation models and datasets. Ground data almost always …

Sensitivity of satellite-based methods for deriving solar radiation to different choice of aerosol input and models

J Polo, F Antonanzas-Torres, JM Vindel, L Ramirez - Renewable energy, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper presents a sensitivity analysis of satellite-based methods for deriving solar
irradiance components for analyzing the impact of the external inputs that are normally …

[HTML][HTML] Energy loss analysis of a large scale BIPV system for university buildings in tropical weather conditions: a partial and cumulative performance ratio approach

NM Kumar, M Samykano, A Karthick - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper evaluates and discusses the building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system
energy losses during the energy conversion process from sunlight into electricity. An …

A simple approach to the synthetic generation of solar irradiance time series with high temporal resolution

J Polo, LF Zarzalejo, R Marchante, AA Navarro - Solar Energy, 2011 - Elsevier
Modeling the performance of some concentrating solar systems for thermal power plants
may require high temporal resolution irradiance as input, in order to account for the impact of …

Solar radiation estimations over India using Meteosat satellite images

J Polo, LF Zarzalejo, M Cony, AA Navarro… - Solar Energy, 2011 - Elsevier
India is endowed with good solar energy resource due to its geographic position in the
equatorial Sun Belt of the earth, but its atmosphere can have eventual large presence of …

Uncertainties in modeled direct irradiance around the sahara as affected by aerosols: Are current datasets of bankable quality?

CA Gueymard - 2011 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The design, energy output, and cost effectiveness of solar projects using concentrators
critically depend on the resource in direct normal irradiance (DNI). Many modeled DNI …