Image-based Solar Irradiance Forecasting Using Recurrent Neural Networks

Tsai Ping Chu; Jian Hua Jhou; Yih Guang Leu

doi:10.1109/ICSSE50014.2020.9219301

Image-based Solar Irradiance Forecasting Using Recurrent Neural Networks

Tsai Ping Chu
, Jian Hua Jhou
, Yih Guang Leu^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Electrical Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

12 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The solar power variability is due to the variability of solar irradiance. Several factors are involved in the situation, such as cloud thickness and air pollution. In this paper, we attempt to find a novel way to predict the amount of solar irradiance. A image-based forecasting method is developed, and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neural network is applied for data training. Daily solar irradiance and sky images are record by the record system, and uploaded to the MySQL database for storage. Feature values obtained by analyzing sky images are used as the input of neural network with solar irradiance. After some performance evaluation indicators were demonstrated, we found that the proposed method has good predictive performance with 5 to 60 minutes in present.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2020 International Conference on System Science and Engineering, ICSSE 2020
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728159607
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSSE50014.2020.9219301
Publication status	Published - 2020 Aug
Event	2020 International Conference on System Science and Engineering, ICSSE 2020 - Kagawa, Japan Duration: 2020 Aug 31 → 2020 Sept 3

Publication series

Name	2020 International Conference on System Science and Engineering, ICSSE 2020

Conference

Conference	2020 International Conference on System Science and Engineering, ICSSE 2020
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Kagawa
Period	2020/08/31 → 2020/09/03

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

Deep Learning
Image Feature
Recurrent Neural Network
Solar Irradiance Forecasting

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Civil and Structural Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Control and Optimization

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Chu, T. P., Jhou, J. H., & Leu, Y. G. (2020). Image-based Solar Irradiance Forecasting Using Recurrent Neural Networks. In 2020 International Conference on System Science and Engineering, ICSSE 2020 Article 9219301 (2020 International Conference on System Science and Engineering, ICSSE 2020). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSSE50014.2020.9219301

Image-based Solar Irradiance Forecasting Using Recurrent Neural Networks. / Chu, Tsai Ping; Jhou, Jian Hua; Leu, Yih Guang.
2020 International Conference on System Science and Engineering, ICSSE 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. 9219301 (2020 International Conference on System Science and Engineering, ICSSE 2020).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Chu, TP, Jhou, JH & Leu, YG 2020, Image-based Solar Irradiance Forecasting Using Recurrent Neural Networks. in 2020 International Conference on System Science and Engineering, ICSSE 2020., 9219301, 2020 International Conference on System Science and Engineering, ICSSE 2020, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020 International Conference on System Science and Engineering, ICSSE 2020, Kagawa, Japan, 2020/08/31. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSSE50014.2020.9219301

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