1.13 - Prediction of Solar Irradiance and Photovoltaic Power

Comprehensive Renewable Energy

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 239-292

  Lorenz, E ^a   Heinemann, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accuracy assessment; Confidence intervals; Grid integration of PV power; Irradiance from satellite data; Irradiance prediction; Motion vector fields; Numerical weather prediction; PV power prediction; PV simulation; Tilted irradiance models; Time series models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880387582     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-087872-0.00114-1     Document Type: Chapter

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