Variability of solar resource poses difficulties in grid management as solar penetration rates
rise continuously. Thus, the task of solar power forecasting becomes crucial to ensure grid …

The higher penetration of renewable resources in the energy portfolios of several
communities accentuates the need for accurate forecasting of variable resources (solar …

Three methods, smart persistence, artificial neural network and random forest, are compared
to forecast the three components of solar irradiation (global horizontal, beam normal and …

This book provides a broad overview on the different aspects of solar energy, with a focus on
photovoltaics, which is the technology that allows light energy to be converted into electric …

Solar radiation is one of the cleanest sources of renewable energy, and it affects the carbon
sink functions of terrestrial ecosystems. Although efforts have been made to establish solar …

Cityscapes provide a complex environment, where solar radiation is unevenly distributed,
especially since urban features started to propagate more and more vertically. Due to the …

Solar energy technologies—such as solar photovoltaics (PV), solar heating and cooling, and
concentrating solar power—provide solutions to the growing need for clean energy to …

Optical properties of clouds and heavy aerosol retrieved from satellite measurements are the
most important elements for calculating surface solar radiation (SSR). The Himawari …

Daily observations of meteorological parameters, air temperature, air pressure, relative
humidity, water vapor pressure and sunshine duration hours observed at 12 stations in …

The goal of this study was to assess the water status variability of a commercial rain-fed
Tempranillo vineyard (Vitis vinifera L.) by thermal and multispectral imagery using an …