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Due to the increasing proportion of distributed photovoltaic (PV) production in the generation mix, the knowledge of the PV generation capacity has become a key factor. In this work, we propose to compute the PV plant maximum power starting…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-05-12 Enrica Scolari , Fabrizio Sossan , Mario Paolone

Photovoltaic systems have been widely deployed in recent times to meet the increased electricity demand as an environmental-friendly energy source. The major challenge for integrating photovoltaic systems in power systems is the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-02-13 Reza Zafarani , Sara Eftekharnejad , Urvi Patel

As the cost of the residential solar system decreases, rooftop photovoltaic (PV) has been widely integrated into distribution systems. Most rooftop PV systems are installed behind-the-meter (BTM), i.e., only the net demand is metered, while…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-15 Fankun Bu , Rui Cheng , Zhaoyu Wang

Solar photovoltaic (PV) deployment is expanding rapidly, yet detailed, up-to-date information on the spatial distribution and capacity of rooftop PV remains limited. This paper presents an open, scalable framework for detecting solar panels…

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Reflectance losses on solar mirrors due to soiling are a significant challenge for Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants. Soiling losses can vary significantly from site to site -- with (absolute) reflectance losses varying from fractions…

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Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-23 Manuel G. Satué , Fernando Castaño , Manuel G. Ortega , Francisco R. Rubio

We consider the problem of estimating the unobserved amount of photovoltaic (PV) generation and demand in a power distribution network starting from measurements of the aggregated power flow at the point of common coupling (PCC) and local…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-01-16 Fabrizio Sossan , Lorenzo Nespoli , Vasco Medici , Mario Paolone

We present a method for jointly modeling power generation from a fleet of photovoltaic (PV) systems. We propose a white-box method that finds a function that invertibly maps vector time-series data to independent and identically distributed…

Applications · Statistics 2023-07-04 Mehmet G. Ogut , Bennet Meyers , Stephen P. Boyd

This paper presents SolarBoost, a novel approach for forecasting power output in distributed photovoltaic (DPV) systems. While existing centralized photovoltaic (CPV) methods are able to precisely model output dependencies due to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Linyuan Geng , Linxiao Yang , Xinyue Gu , Liang Sun

Accurate PhotoVoltaic (PV) power generation forecasting is vital for the efficient operation of Smart Grids. The automated design of such accurate forecasting models for individual PV plants includes two challenges: First, information about…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Stefan Meisenbacher , Benedikt Heidrich , Tim Martin , Ralf Mikut , Veit Hagenmeyer

In the probabilistic energy forecasting literature, emphasis is mainly placed on deriving marginal predictive densities for which each random variable is dealt with individually. Such marginals description is sufficient for power systems…

Applications · Statistics 2016-03-23 Faranak Golestaneh , Pierre Pinson , Hoay Beng Gooi

As the number of rooftop photovoltaic (PV) installations increases, aggregators and system operators are required to monitor and analyze these systems, raising the challenge of integration and management of large, spatially distributed…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-19 Kutay Bölat , Tarek Alskaif , Peter Palensky , Simon Tindemans

The use of solar photovoltaics (PV) energy provides additional resources to the electric power grid. The downside of this integration is that the solar power supply is unreliable and highly dependent on the weather condition. The…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-20 S. Sarp , M. Kuzlu , U. Cali , O. Elma , O. Guler

We present an algorithm that estimates a clear sky performance signal from the measured power of a PV system. The algorithm uses only observed power output, and assumes no knowledge of weather, irradiance data, or system configuration…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-22 Bennet Meyers , Michaelangelo Tabone , Emre Can Kara

In this paper, a stochastic model with regime switching is developed for solar photo-voltaic (PV) power in order to provide short-term probabilistic forecasts. The proposed model for solar PV power is physics inspired and explicitly…

Applications · Statistics 2017-09-19 Raksha Ramakrishna , Anna Scaglione , Vijay Vittal

Weather data collected from automated weather stations have become a crucial component for making decisions in agriculture and in forestry. Over time, weather stations may become out-of-order or stopped for maintenance, and therefore,…

Applications · Statistics 2019-10-22 Fadoua Rafii , Tahar Kechadi

The atmospheric aerosol loading may significantly influence the performance in solar power production. The impact can be very different both in space (even in short distance) and time (shortterm fluctuations as well as long-term trend).…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2024-03-04 Robert Blaga , Delia Calinoiu , Marius Paulescu

In recent years, renewable energy resources have accounted for an increasing share of electricity energy.Among them, photovoltaic (PV) power generation has received broad attention due to its economic and environmental benefits.Accurate PV…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-01 Xuetao Jiang , Meiyu Jiang , Qingguo Zhou

The ability to accurately forecast power generation from renewable sources is nowadays recognised as a fundamental skill to improve the operation of power systems. Despite the general interest of the power community in this topic, it is not…

Accurate forecasts for day-ahead photovoltaic (PV) power generation are crucial to support a high PV penetration rate in the local electricity grid and to assure stability in the grid. We use state-of-the-art tree-based machine learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-04 Nick Berlanger , Noah van Ophoven , Tim Verdonck , Ines Wilms