An Integrated Framework Based on an Improved Gaussian Process Regression and Decomposition Technique for Hourly Solar Radiation Forecasting

Na Sun (), Nan Zhang (), Shuai Zhang, Tian Peng, Wei Jiang, Jie Ji and Xiangmiao Hao
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Na Sun: Jiangsu Permanent Magnet Motor Engineering Research Center, Faculty of Automation, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huai’an 223003, China
Nan Zhang: Jiangsu Permanent Magnet Motor Engineering Research Center, Faculty of Automation, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huai’an 223003, China
Shuai Zhang: Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Energy & Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Tian Peng: Jiangsu Permanent Magnet Motor Engineering Research Center, Faculty of Automation, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huai’an 223003, China
Wei Jiang: Jiangsu Permanent Magnet Motor Engineering Research Center, Faculty of Automation, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huai’an 223003, China
Jie Ji: Jiangsu Permanent Magnet Motor Engineering Research Center, Faculty of Automation, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huai’an 223003, China
Xiangmiao Hao: Research and Development Department(R&D), Xi’an ShuFeng Technological Information, Ltd., Xi’an 710061, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 22, 1-22

Abstract: The precise forecast of solar radiation is exceptionally imperative for the steady operation and logical administration of a photovoltaic control plant. This study proposes a hybrid framework (CBP) based on complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition with adaptive noise (CEEMDAN), an enhanced Gaussian process regression with a newly designed physical-based combined kernel function (PGPR), and the backtracking search optimization algorithm (BSA) for solar radiation forecasting. In the C EEMDAN- B SA- P GPR (CBP) model, (1) the CEEMDAN is executed to divide the raw solar radiation into a few sub-modes; (2) PACF (partial autocorrelation coefficient function) is carried out to pick the appropriate input variables; (3) PGPR is constructed to predict each subcomponent, respectively, with hyperparameters optimized by BSA; (4) the final forecasting result is produced by combining the forecasted sub-modes. Four hourly solar radiation datasets of Australia are introduced for comprehensive analysis and several models available in the literature are established for multi-step ahead prediction to demonstrate the superiority of the CBP model. Comprehensive comparisons with the other nine models reveal the efficacy of the CBP model and the superb impact of CEEMDAN blended with the BSA, respectively. The CBP model can produce more precise results compared with the involved models for all cases using different datasets and prediction horizons. Moreover, the CBP model is less complicated to set up and affords extra decision-making information regarding forecasting uncertainty.

Keywords: solar radiation forecasting; CEEMDAN; machine learning; Gaussian process regression; combined kernel function (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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