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Prediction of Global Solar Irradiance on Parallel Rows of Tilted Surfaces Including the Effect of Direct and Anisotropic Diffuse Shading

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  • Sara Pereira

    (Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho 59, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal)

  • Paulo Canhoto

    (Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho 59, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal
    Department of Mechatronics Engineering, University of Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho 59, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal)

  • Rui Salgado

    (Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho 59, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal
    Physics Department, University of Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho 59, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal)

Abstract

Solar photovoltaic power plants typically consist of rows of solar panels, where the accurate estimation of solar irradiance on inclined surfaces significantly impacts energy generation. Existing practices often only account for the first row, neglecting shading from subsequent rows. In this work, ten transposition models were assessed against experimental data and a transposition model for inner rows was developed and validated. The developed model incorporates view factors and direct and circumsolar irradiances shading from adjacent rows, significantly improving global tilted irradiance (GTI) estimates. This model was validated against one-minute observations recorded between 14 April and 1 June 2022, at Évora, Portugal (38.5306, −8.0112) resulting in values of mean bias error (MBE) and root-mean-squared error (RMSE) of −12.9 W/m 2 and 76.8 W/m 2 , respectively, which represent an improvement of 368.3 W/m 2 in the MBE of GTI estimations compared to the best-performing transposition model for the first row. The proposed model was also evaluated in an operational forecast setting where corrected forecasts of direct and diffuse irradiance (0 to 72 h ahead) were used as inputs, resulting in an MBE and RMSE of −33.6 W/m 2 and 169.7 W/m 2 , respectively. These findings underscore the potential of the developed model to enhance solar energy forecasting accuracy and operational algorithms’ efficiency and robustness.

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  • Sara Pereira & Paulo Canhoto & Rui Salgado, 2024. "Prediction of Global Solar Irradiance on Parallel Rows of Tilted Surfaces Including the Effect of Direct and Anisotropic Diffuse Shading," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(14), pages 1-32, July.
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