Research on ultra-short-term photovoltaic power forecasting using multimodal data and ensemble learning

Yifeng Ma, Wenzheng Yu, Junyu Zhu, Zhiyuan You and Aiqing Jia

Energy, 2025, vol. 330, issue C

Abstract: To enhance the ultra-short-term prediction capability of photovoltaic power generation, this study proposes a forecasting method integrating ensemble learning with multimodal data. After systematically comparing the predictive performance of six independent machine learning models (RF, XGBoost, CatBoost, LightGBM, LSTM, and GRU), a fused model was developed using the stacking ensemble strategy. The ensemble model achieved the highest coefficient of determination (R2 = 0.9698) along with the lowest normalized mean square error (NMSE = 0.0020) and normalized root mean square error (NRMSE = 0.0451). Compared to meteorological data models and ground-based cloud image models, the proposed multimodal ensemble learning model improved R2 by 20.8 % and 17.9 %, reduced NMSE by 84.8 % and 83.3 %, and decreased NRMSE by 60.9 % and 58.8 %, respectively. Contribution analysis revealed that power from the previous moment, light of ground-based cloud images, and station irradiance were critical factors influencing model predictions.

Keywords: Photovoltaic power; Power forecasting; Multimodal data; Ensemble learning; Ultra-short-term forecasting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.136831

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